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A day before, on Tuesday evening, 41 workers trapped inside the tunnel for 17 days, were finally rescued...
The frenzied rescue work of the past few days had given way to a routine lull when ThePrint visited the area around 10.30.
A handful of vehicles, a few stragglers and some policemen were all that remained of the teeming media crew and rescue workers from 13 agencies of the central and state governments who had been camping at the spot since a part of the under-construction tunnel collapsed on 12 November, trapping the workers inside...
Talking to ThePrint a day after the completion of the rescue operation, Rahul Rawat, who runs a tea stall near the mouth of the tunnel said,There were so many people for so many days, the work was so much fun, we were not able to sleep properly even for four-five hours..
The two men, who are a part of the NDRFs 15th Battalion and who were among those dispatched into the tunnel to help rescue the trapped workers, were surrounded by a small group of admirers, all thanking them for their services, when ThePrint caught up with them...
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