The trapped men are safe and healthy, authorities said, and are being supplied food, water and oxygen through a pipe. Officials are also in regular contact with them.
Rescuers are trying to save 40 workers trapped under a collapsed highway tunnel in the Indian Himalayas. Critics of the ambitious highway project say that it was pushed ahead despite concerns about its environmental impact.
40 Indian workers have been trapped in a partially collapsed tunnel for almost 3 days, and rescuers are racing to bore through tons of debris to free them.
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NEW DELHI At least 16 workers were killed and several others were feared trapped after a crane collapsed during the construction of a bridge in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, officials said. Television footage showed mangled remains of the crane sprawled on the ground between pillars of the bridge near Shahapur area, about 50 miles (80km) from state.