"Rescue Efforts Hampered by Glitches as Trapped Workers in India Tunnel Collapse Fall Ill"

Rescue efforts to free 40 workers trapped in a collapsed road tunnel in Uttarakhand, India have been delayed due to falling debris and technical glitches. Rescuers are drilling through the rubble and inserting wide steel pipes to create a passage, but progress has been slow. Some of the trapped workers are falling sick, but they have received food, water, and medicine through narrow channels in the debris. The state government is seeking suggestions from the Indian army and foreign experts, including Thai experts who rescued a trapped football team in 2018. Falling debris has caused minor injuries to two rescue workers. The tunnel collapse occurred during road construction in a hilly area prone to landslides.