Uttarakhand tunnel rescue: From rathole miners to Gen VK Singh, the many heroes of the mission firstpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from firstpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Air Force has stationed a Chinook helicopter - a twin-rotor heavy-lift chopper - at the airstrip in Uttarakhand's Chinyalisaur, where an emergency medical centre has been set up to treat the 41 workers trapped underground in the Silkyara tunnel.
Dozens of construction workers have been trapped in a collapsed tunnel in northern India for more than two weeks. They are expected to be rescued within hours - watch a live stream of the scene outside the tunnel below.
Uttarkashi Tunnel Rescue Live: The rat-hole mining technique, which was outlawed in 2014, was used to clear the last few meters in the operation to rescue 41 workers trapped in the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand for the last 17 days.
20 metres dug as rescuers switch to vertical boring; Army tries to clear horizontal path too tribuneindia.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tribuneindia.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.