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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

41 workers stuck in a tunnel in India for 10th day given hot meals as rescue operation shifts gear

ASSOCIATED PRESS

The 41 construction workers who have been trapped in a collapsed tunnel in northern India for over a week are finally getting hot meals Tuesday, provided through a newly installed steel pipe, as rescuers work on an alternate plan of digging toward them vertically.

The meals, made of rice and lentils, were sent through a 6-inch-(15.24 cm) pipe pushed through the rubble late Monday, said Deepa Gaur, a government spokesperson.

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