India successfully rescues all 41 workers from tunnel collapse

All 41 Indian construction workers were pulled out of the collapsed tunnel area on the evening of November 28. The rescue took place more than six hours after rescue teams dug into the area where they were trapped, according to Reuters.

Ấn Độ cứu thành công toàn bộ 41 công nhân vụ sập đường hầm - Ảnh 1. — Officials visit the first workers brought out.

Workers were loaded onto wheeled stretchers and taken out of the 90-centimeter-diameter steel pipe, Reuters reported. The entire process took about an hour.

The first person to come out was a short man wearing a grey jacket and a yellow hard hat. He was welcomed and garlanded by Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and Deputy Minister of Road Transport and Highways VK Singh.

Ấn Độ cứu thành công toàn bộ 41 công nhân vụ sập đường hầm - Ảnh 2. — Ambulance at the tunnel entrance

"I am completely relieved and happy that the 41 workers trapped at the Silkyara tunnel have been successfully rescued. This was a well-coordinated multi-agency effort, marking one of the biggest rescue operations in recent years," Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said in a statement.

Ấn Độ cứu thành công toàn bộ 41 công nhân vụ sập đường hầm - Ảnh 3. — Many people filmed and took pictures of the ambulance carrying the trapped workers out.

Several ambulances lined up outside the tunnel to take the workers to hospitals about 30 kilometers away. Outside, locals set off fireworks and cheered.

The workers have been trapped in the 4.5-km Silkyara tunnel under construction in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand since a section of the tunnel collapsed early on November 12. They are now safe and being provided with light, oxygen, food, water and medicine through a narrow tube, according to Reuters.

Ấn Độ cứu thành công toàn bộ 41 công nhân vụ sập đường hầm - Ảnh 4. — Rescue team working in the tunnel

The tunnel is part of the $1.5 billion Char Dham highway project, one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s most ambitious projects, which aims to connect four Hindu pilgrimage sites. Officials did not say what caused the collapse, but the area is prone to landslides, earthquakes and floods.

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