The first images of 41 workers trapped for nine days due to a sudden landslide in a tunnel in the Uttarkashi district of India’s Uttarakhand state have emerged. An endoscopic camera managed to reach them: Yesterday they were “lowered” into the tunnel with a tube. Rescue teams are working tirelessly to get all the men to safety. Meanwhile, thanks to the tube in which the camera was placed, they managed to offer the stranded people their first hot meal in days, rice and lentils. Until then, they had survived thanks to the many snacks that were placed in the ground from the first days and sent through a narrower tube through which oxygen, food and water also passed.
The incident took place on November 12 in the northern state’s Uttarkashi district. The stranded men were soon contacted and provided with oxygen, food and water. In the video released to the press, rescue teams are seen watching the images on the computer screen outside the tunnel. An official asks the men to show themselves on camera: the workers can be seen responding to instructions. Rescuers use two-way radios to communicate with the men: One video shows one of them holding a walkie-talkie.
The men were told that the pipe would soon be cleared and then more water would be sent to them. The plan is to dig a hole large enough and create a pipe path for workers to “crawl” out of the tunnel, the BBC said today. At the same time, there are attempts to dig two more tunnels next to the main tunnel as other escape routes. It will take a few days, or at least we hope so.
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