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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Biswajeet Banerjee

Some of the 40 workers trapped in India tunnel collapse are sick as debris and glitches delay rescue

ASSOCIATED PRESS

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

Wide pipes are set to be drilled through excavated rubble to create a passage to free the workers trapped since Sunday when a portion of the under-construction road collapsed in mountainous Uttarakhand state.

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