DEHRADUN: With every passing day adding to the anxiety of families, officials initiated preparations on Saturday for drilling a vertical hole from the hill's top under which 41 workers have been trapped for seven days in a collapsed tunnel.
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As the sun set, officials held out hope that the Border Roads Organisation's (BRO) alternative route to the under-construction Silkyara tunnel would be ready by Sunday afternoon, allowing the stalled rescue mission to resume.
