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Just a few metres of rock and earth separate Indian rescue teams from 41 workers who have been trapped inside a collapsed road tunnel for nearly two weeks, officials said on Friday, adding that they were optimistic of success within hours.
After a series of rapid advances, hopes that the men’s freedom was imminent were dashed late on Wednesday when the drilling machine powering through tonnes of rock and concrete ran into metal rods, but those have now been cleared.
Rescue teams have stretchers fitted with wheels ready to pull the exhausted men through 57 metres of steel pipe once it has been driven through the final section of rubble blocking their escape.
Just a few metres of rock and earth separate Indian rescue teams from 41 workers who have been trapped inside a collapsed road tunnel for nearly two weeks, officials said on Friday, adding that they were optimistic of success within hours.
After a series of rapid advances, hopes that the men’s freedom was imminent were dashed late on Wednesday when the drilling machine powering through tonnes of rock and concrete ran into metal rods, but those have now been cleared.
Rescue teams have stretchers fitted with wheels ready to pull the exhausted men through 57 metres of steel pipe once it has been driven through the final section of rubble blocking their escape.
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