Rescuers Race to Free 40 Workers Trapped in Indian Mountain Tunnel

Rescue team is working to insert a pipe into the mountainside after the men were trapped by rockfall on Sunday

Nov. 17, 2023 6:24 am ET

People stood at the entrance of an under-construction tunnel that collapsed in Uttarakhand in India, on Friday. Photo: Associated Press

NEW DELHI—High in the mountains of Uttarakhand, Indian rescuers are racing against time to free 40 construction workers trapped in a collapsed highway tunnel, struggling with landslides and equipment failures as the effort moves into its sixth day.

The work team has been stuck since Sunday, when part of the tunnel crumbled during a landslide in the northern state, a region popular with tourists and pilgrims.

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