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Tunnel collapse in India: Heavy machinery mobilized to rescue trapped workers

Báo Sài Gòn Giải phóngBáo Sài Gòn Giải phóng14/11/2023


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On November 14, heavy machinery drilled to fix a wide steel pipe to create an escape route for 40 Indian workers trapped in a highway tunnel construction site collapse two days ago in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand.

Disaster response official Devendra Singh Patwal confirmed that authorities have provided food, water and oxygen to those trapped and are in contact with all of them. Excavators have been removing rocks and soil for the past two days and are waiting to lower a wide steel pipe into the hole that has been dug, thereby creating a safe escape route for the trapped workers.

Công tác cứu hộ được triển khai tại hiện trường vụ sập đường hầm ở bang Uttarakhand, miền Bắc Ấn Độ ngày 12-11-2023. Ảnh: PTI/TTXVN
Rescue work is underway at the site of a tunnel collapse in Uttarakhand state, northern India, on November 12, 2023. Photo: PTI/TTXVN

It is difficult to estimate how long it will take to get the workers out, Mr Singh Patwa said, adding that a team of geological experts had arrived at the scene to assess the cause of the incident.

Currently, more than 100 rescue workers are still working tirelessly to rescue the trapped workers.

Ranjit Kumar Sinha, another senior disaster response official, said there was enough oxygen supply to keep the workers trapped for five to six days, but he hoped they could be rescued by November 15.

One worker who escaped said that about 10-20 of the workers were on their way out of the tunnel after finishing their shift. Therefore, they were closer to the exit when the tunnel collapsed. The rest were trapped deep behind the rubble.

The tunnel collapse in Uttarakhand state occurred early on November 12. The 4.5km tunnel is being built between Silkyara and Dandalgaon to connect the two holiest Hindu temples, Uttarkashi and Yamunotri.



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