"Indian Officials Explore Innovative Strategies to Save Trapped Workers in Tunnel"

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Indian authorities are exploring five new plans to rescue 41 workers trapped inside a collapsed tunnel in the Indian Himalayas. The workers have been stuck since November 12 and are currently being fed through a pipe. The cause of the accident is unknown, but the region is prone to natural disasters. Rescuers had been drilling horizontally towards the trapped workers until the drilling machine broke. Alternatives being considered include a perpendicular tunnel and the insertion of a lifeline pipe. The trapped workers have received medical supplies, and a health camp has been set up near the site.
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