National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) Managing Director Mahmood Ahmad announced that the vertical drilling at the Uttarkashi tunnel, where 41 workers remain trapped, will be completed by November 30. The current machine can drill 40-45 meters, and two more machines have been brought.
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Rescuers have brought in "rat miners" to help pull out 41 construction workers trapped in a tunnel in the Indian Himalayas for over two weeks after high-powered machines failed. The workers, low-wage workers from India s poorest states, have been getting food, water, light, oxygen, and medicines through a pipe. Attempts to drill a tunnel horizontally through the debris trapping the men have been plagued by damage to machinery.
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Wet weather expected on Monday could mean more complications for the rescue of 41 construction workers trapped in a tunnel in the Indian Himalayas for more than two weeks but rescue leaders said they are prepared to deal with it. The workers, from some of India's poorest states, have been stuck in the 4.5 km (3 miles) tunnel in Uttarakhand state since it collapsed on Nov. 12. "They are trained in working in every situation so that's not a worry for us," said Mahmood Ahmad, managing director of the NHIDCL company, which is building the tunnel and helping with the rescue, referring to rescue teams.