Indian authorities are exploring new ways to rescue 40 construction workers trapped underground for more than a week.
The workers became stranded when a highway tunnel they were building partially collapsed in the northern state of Uttarakhand last Sunday.
Although they are being supplied with food and water, a doctor said some of the men were getting ill, and had been vomiting and getting headaches.
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These interconnected pipes will provide an escape passage for the stranded men, enabling them to move beyond the section of the tunnel that has collapsed.
“It may look easy from the outside, but on-site we have to factor in the effects of the drilling vibrations on the fragile terrain,” Khalkho told reporters when questioned on the duration of the rescue mission, which entered its seventh day on Saturday.
He also confirmed that a backup drilling machine is being airlifted from Indore city in the central state of Madhya Pradesh in India, to assist in the rescue operations.
Dhami later visited the site to “conduct on-site inspection and review of the ongoing relief and rescue work,” according to his post on X on Sunday.
A special team from the Prime Minister’s office arrived at the tunnel collapse site to review the situation on Saturday.
The tunnel is part of Modi’s ambitious Himalayan Char Dham Highway project, a multimillion-dollar infrastructure plan to improve connectivity in the state of Uttarakhand and better access to important pilgrimage locations.
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