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The rescue of 41 construction workers trapped nearly two weeks in a collapsed tunnel in northern India has been hindered again in the final stretch of digging, officials said Thursday. Special cutters have been arranged from New Delhi and Dehradun, the capital of Uttarakhand state, and efforts were being made to remove the metal obstruction to resume drilling, said Kirti Panwar, a state government spokesman. The drilling machine is being repaired and will be realigned to resume drilling, said Devendra Patwal, a disaster management official.

Officials maintained that digging horizontally through the debris of the collapsed section of the Silkyara tunnel remains the focus of the rescue mission | Latest News India

"We will reach you very soon," rescuers in India promised the 41 men who have been trapped for 10 days by a partial tunnel collapse.

NEW DELHI (AP) -- Rescuers blocked from reaching 41 trapped construction workers shifted Monday to an attempt to dig toward them vertically after the

Officials trying to reach 41 workers who have been trapped in a collapsed tunnel in northern India for eight days were contemplating alternative rescue plans...