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By Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will carry out a safety audit of more than two dozen tunnels it i...

By Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will carry out a safety audit of more than two dozen tunnels it i...

By Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will carry out a safety audit of more than two dozen tunnels it i...

Once the pipe, which is a little under a metre wide, is inserted, workers can crawl out through it

Rescue teams are facing challenges in reaching 40 workers trapped in a collapsed highway tunnel in the state of Uttarakhand in India. 

In the video, the workers, wearing yellow and white helmets, are seen receiving food items sent to them through the pipeline and talking to each other.

On Monday, rescuers pushed a six-inch-wide pipeline through rubble of collapsed Silkyara tunnel that would help them supply larger quantities of food. | Latest News India

In a major development, the rescue officials - who had been working non-stop to reach the workers trapped inside a tunnel in Uttarakhand for the last 10 days - have managed to capture their images through an endoscopy camera.

Rescue efforts at the Silkyara tunnel collapse site in Uttarkashi reached a milestone on its tenth day, as an endoscopy camera provided visuals of trapped workers, confirming their health. A drilling machine and a lifeline pipeline were deployed, aiming to reach 41 trapped laborers. Previous progress included a six-inch lifeline for food delivery. With efforts to evacuate through a 900mm pipe underway, authorities focus on sustaining morale and ensuring necessary supplies for those stranded in t...

Prime minister narendra modi on monday spoke with uttarakhand chief minister pushkar singh dhami to take stock of the rescue operation to save 41 workers trapped in the silkyara tunnel and stressed on the need to keep their morale up. an international tunnelling expert, arnold dix, arrived at the disaster site to review the rescue efforts, now in its ninth day. dix heads the geneva-based international tunnelling and underground space association. necessary rescue equipment and resources are bein...