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All trapped Indian workers rescued from Himalayan tunnel

Primitive, hazardous and controversial method was banned by a Tribunal in India in 2014

Indian rescuers today pulled out all 41 construction workers trapped inside a collapsed tunnel in the Himalayas for 17 days, hours after drilling through the debris of rock, concrete, and earth to reach them, officials said

The construction workers were pulled out on wheeled stretchers through a 90cm wide steel pipe, with the entire process being completed in about an hour.

In a relieving update, all 41 men trapped underground in a tunnel in Uttarakhan's Silkyara were rescued on Tuesday. They were trapped under the tunnel for

After an intense 17-day rescue operation, all 41 workers trapped in the partially collapsed Silkyara Tunnel in Uttarkashi district were rescued on Tuesday. | Latest News India

After 17 days, all 41 construction workers have been rescued from a collapsed tunnel in the Indian Himalayas. The trapped workers were pulled out one at a time, through a 3-foot wide “evacuation pipe” that was drilled through the rock.

Rescue workers pulled out all 41 workers trapped in Uttarakhands Silkyara tunnel in a multi-agency rescue operation that hovered between hope and despair for 16 days.

Dozens of low-wage workers from India have been rescued from inside a collapsed tunnel in the Himalayas which caved in on 12 November.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to workers, who were rescued from the collapsed tunnel after 17 days, over the phone after the operation was declared a success.