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New Delhi:A fresh landslide Tuesday has made the evacuation of 40 trapped workers inside an Uttarkashi tunnel more challenging, with authorities hoping the men would be pulled out by Wednesday...
The 40 men have been trapped inside since the early hours of Sunday after a portion of the underpass they were helping construct collapsed in the landslide prone area.. Rescue team established contact with them Monday and managed to push in oxygen, water and food through an existing drainage pipe...
The operation has been laborious so far since the men are locked out 270 metres from the mouth of the 4.5-kilometre Silkyara to Dandalgaon tunnel..
VIDEO | Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: "The rescue operation is challenging but we are trying our best to rescue the (40) trapped workers..
Meanwhile, colleagues of the trapped workers held a protest near the tunnel Wednesday morning, rebuking authorities for being unable to evacuate the 40 men even three days after the accident...
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