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Trapped for nine days in tunnel :Efforts to rescue in final stages

by IBNS 20 Sep 2015, 09:50 pm

Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh, Sept 21 (IBNS) Rescue workers hope to reach soon the three men who remain trapped inside a collapsed tunnel for nine days.

Reports said on Monday that the 50-member rescue  team has been able to make a vertical shaft from the hilltop to the roof of the tunnel. The team has been digging through a hill inch by inch for more than a week.

Those trapped underground were working on the tunnel, which is a part of a highway project, when a large section caved in on September 12.

Last week, two of the men appeared on a high resolution video camera that was inserted down a pipe, and they have been in touch with the rescue workers since.

Dry fruits, glucose biscuits and water is being pushed down a pipe for the two survivors.

Family members of the trapped men have been camping at the site.