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The incident took place around 4am Sunday when a 150-metre-long portion of the four-and-a-half-kilometer-long tunnel collapsed. Rescue operations are underway. Photo: Hindustan Times

India bid to free 41 trapped workers enters third week

The Indian air force said Sunday that they were "responding with alacrity", as they flew in their third load to a rescue operation since the partial collapse of the under-construction...

Media personnel and onlookers gather near the entrance of a tunnel under construction where workers are trapped following a collapse, in Uttarkashi, in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, November 24, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

Manual drilling likely in last stretch to rescue 41 trapped workers in Indian tunnel

A Hindu priest prays at a makeshift shrine outside the entrance of a tunnel where workers are trapped after a portion of the tunnel collapsed in Uttarkashi in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, November 21, 2023. REUTERS

India tunnel collapse 'wake-up call' for Modi's infrastructure drive

The incident took place around 4am Sunday when a 150-metre-long portion of the four-and-a-half-kilometer-long tunnel collapsed. Rescue operations are underway. Photo: Hindustan Times

Drilling snag delays rescue of 41 men stuck in Indian tunnel

A Hindu priest prays at a makeshift shrine outside the entrance of a tunnel where workers are trapped after a portion of the tunnel collapsed in Uttarkashi in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, November 21, 2023. REUTERS/Saurabh Sharma

Ambulances on standby as Indian rescuers near 41 trapped workers

Looking exhausted and anxious, with thick beards, the men could be seen peering at the endoscopic camera sent by rescuers. Photo: Collected

First images from Indian tunnel show workers trapped for nine days

A new auger machine arrives at the site where road workers are trapped in a tunnel after a portion of it collapsed, in Uttarkashi in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, November 18, 2023. REUTERS

Indian officials consider five new plans to rescue men trapped in tunnel

Members of rescue teams stand at the entrance of a tunnel where road workers are trapped after a portion of the tunnel collapsed in Uttarkashi in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, November 17, 2023. REUTERS

Rescuers in India tunnel collapse await drilling machine on 7th day

Police officers stand guard next to a barricade past the entrance of a tunnel where 40 road workers are trapped after a portion of the tunnel collapsed in Uttarkashi in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, November 16, 2023. REUTERS

Indian rescuers still 40 metres away from workers trapped in collapsed tunnel

Rescue workers gather at the site after a tunnel collapsed in the Uttarkashi district of India's Uttarakhand state on November 13, 2023. Rescue workers in northern India said on November 13 they had made contact with 40 workers trapped for over 24 hours after the road tunnel they were building collapsed. Photo AFP

Indian rescuers send medicine to tunnel workers trapped for four days

Workers prepare an auger during a rescue operation after a portion of an under-construction tunnel collapsed in Uttarkashi in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, November 14, 2023. Uttarakhand State Disaster Response Force/Handout via REUTERS

Heavy machinery brought in to pull out Indian workers from collapsed tunnel

The incident took place around 4am Sunday when a 150-metre-long portion of the four-and-a-half-kilometer-long tunnel collapsed. Rescue operations are underway. Photo: Hindustan Times

Rescue efforts enter third day at site of India tunnel collapse

Members of rescue teams are pictured during a rescue operation after a portion of an under-construction tunnel collapsed in Uttarkashi in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, October 13, 2023. Uttarakhand State Disaster Response Force/Handout via REUTERS

Trapped Indian workers to spend second night in collapsed tunnel