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At least 40 Indian workers trapped in Himalayan tunnel collapse

12 November 2023
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2023-11-12 20:10

At least 40 construction workers were trapped on Sunday after the road tunnel they were building collapsed in northern India with rescuers scrambling to reach them. The collapse occurred early Sunday morning in the Himalayan state of Uttarakh and when a group of workers were moving out and replacement workers were going in.
The 4.5-kilometre tunnel is being constructed between Silkyara and Dandalgaon to connect two of the holiest Hindu shrines of Uttarkashi and Yamnotri. Accidents on large infrastructure construction sites are common in India.

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