India completes pipeline, prepares to evacuate 41 trapped workers

Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami of Uttarakhand state (India) said on November 28 that the work of laying pipelines inside the Silkyara road tunnel that collapsed, trapping 41 workers, has been completed, according to ANI news agency.

Rescue team at the tunnel entrance on November 28

"All the workers will be brought out soon," Mr. Dhami announced on social network X. Previously, rescue force and government officials said that if there were no obstacles, the rescue team would soon bring the trapped workers out.

Ambulances and rescue teams are waiting outside the tunnel entrance. Rescue teams are expected to go in and pull people out one by one. They will then be taken to hospital for check-ups.

Several ambulances were on standby near the area.

Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the workers and instructed Chief Minister Dhami to ensure their safety as well as the rescue forces.

The workers have been trapped in a 4.5-km tunnel under construction in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand since a section of the tunnel suddenly collapsed early on November 12. So far, they are safe and have been provided with light, oxygen, food, water and medicine through a narrow pipe, according to Reuters.

After the drilling machine broke down, manual tunneling crews were sent from central India and had dug through 60 meters of rock and soil by the afternoon of November 28.

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