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Glitches are delaying the rescue of 40 workers trapped in India tunnel collapse

People watch rescue and relief operations at the site of an under-construction road tunnel that collapsed in mountainous Uttarakhand state in India on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. Rescuers have been trying to drill wide pipes through excavated rubble to create a passage to free 40 construction workers trapped since Sunday. (AP)

LUCKNOW, India — Some of the 40 workers trapped for days in a collapsed road tunnel in northern India were falling sick Wednesday as falling debris and technical glitches delayed work to free them, officials said.

Rescuers have been trying to drill through the rubble and insert wide steel pipes to free the construction workers who have been trapped since Sunday when a portion of the tunnel they were working on collapsed in the mountainous Uttarakhand state.

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