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The rescue mission was expected to last only a few days. Instead, it took 17 days to reach 41 construction workers who were trapped when a landslide collapsed a mountain tunnel in northern India earlier this month. The excruciating wait finally ended at nightfall on Tuesday, as temperatures dropped near the accident site in the mountainous state of Uttarakhand.

The workers have been stuck for two weeks after a part of a tunnel they were working in collapsed.

Rescuers have started to dig vertically into the tunnel to carve an alternative route for the trapped men.

The workers have been trapped behind debris after a landslide near the Himalayas caused a tunnel to collapse on Nov. 12.

SILKYARA, India (Reuters) -Indian rescuers began drilling vertically on Sunday from the top of a mountain under which 41 workers became trapped two weeks ago while working on a highway tunnel in the Himalayas, government officials said. The men, construction workers from some of India's poorest states, have been stuck in the 4.5-km (3-mile) tunnel being built in Uttarakhand state since it caved in early on Nov. 12. But rescuing them will take much longer than previously hoped as rescuers ...

Attempts to reach 41 construction workers stuck in a collapsed tunnel in northern India for two weeks were again stymied Saturday. Rescuers had been working by hand to remove debris after the drilling machine they were using broke down a day earlier while making its way through the debris of rock, stones and metal, but the operation was halted on Saturday. Arnold Dix, an international expert assisting the rescue team at the accident site in Uttarakhand state, said it is unclear when the drilli...

Officials in India say the rescue operation could be delayed by a further four or five days.

Rescue operations to save 41 construction workers trapped in a tunnel in India has stalled again as the drilling machine has broken down.

Arun Sankar / Getty ImagesDrilling to rescue the 41 construction workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel in India has once again hit a literal block in the road as the drilling machine broke down while clearing debris on Friday. Arnold Dix, an expert helping the rescue team, said the machine is irreparable and that it remains unclear when drilling can resume. The workers have been stuck since Nov. 12 after a landslide collapsed the tunnel they were working in. The machine stopped working after dri

Just a few metres of rock and earth separate Indian rescue teams from 41 workers who have been trapped inside a collapsed road tunnel for nearly two weeks, officials said Friday, saying they were optimistic of success within hours."We have to (drill) 14 metres further inside the tunnel," Bhaskar Khulbe, a senior government official overseeing rescue efforts, told reporters on Friday.