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DEHRADUN, India: The rescuers are up and doing, digging through all the obstacles on their way to reach 40 workers trapped by a landslide at a construction project in northern India. It was reported that the rescuers had established contact with the trapped employees. Oxygen is being pumped into the blocked portion of the tunnel, with food sent through a water pipe.
India police spokesperson said all the 40 construction workers are safe, adding that they have been supplied with oxygen and water.
The collapse occurred on Sunday in Uttarakhand, a mountainous state dotted with Hindu temples which attract many pilgrims and tourists.
The trapped workers were building part of the Chardham all-weather road, a flagship federal government project connecting Hindu pilgrimage sites.
The number of workers trapped was confirmed on Monday by Rajesh Pawar, the project manager at the Navyug Construction Company, which is overseeing the construction of the tunnel, local news media reported.
Rescue efforts began on Sunday, with authorities pumping oxygen through a pipe into the collapsed section of the tunnel to help workers breathe.
Police said“The team has progressed 15 metres into the tunnel, with an additional 35 metres yet to cover,” More than 150 rescuers had used drilling equipment and excavators to clear debris through the night, it was added.
The collapsed portion of the 4.5-kilometre (2.7-mile) tunnel is about 200 metres (500ft) from the entrance, officials told the Press Trust of India news agency.
This year January, authorities moved hundreds of people to temporary shelters after a temple collapsed and cracks appeared in more than 600 houses. At least 200 people were killed in flash floods in ecologically fragile Uttarakhand in a disaster that experts partly blamed on excessive development.
印度倒塌隧道40名工人全部安全 - 當局
救援人員正奮起直追，排除萬難，前往印度北部一個建築項目中被山體滑坡困住的 40 名工人。 據悉，救援人員已與受困員工取得聯繫。
印度警方發言人表示，40名建築工人全部安全，並補充說他們已獲得氧氣和水。
週日發生的倒塌事故發生在北阿坎德邦，這是一個山區，印度教寺廟星羅棋布，吸引了許多朝聖者和遊客。
受困工人正在建造查德姆全天候公路的一部分，這是連接印度教朝聖地的聯邦政府旗艦計畫。
據當地新聞媒體報道，負責監督隧道施工的 Navyug 建築公司專案經理 Rajesh Pawar 於週一證實了被困工人的人數。
救援工作於週日開始，當局透過管道將氧氣泵入隧道塌陷部分，以幫助工人呼吸。
警方表示， “救援隊已深入隧道 15 米，還有 35 米尚未進入”，並補充說，超過 150 名救援人員連夜使用鑽孔設備和挖掘機清理殘骸。
官員告訴印度報業托拉斯通訊社，這條 4.5 公里（2.7 英里）長的隧道的倒塌部分距離入口約 200 公尺（500 英尺）。
1月份，由於Joshimath鎮及其周邊地區的土地下沉，一座寺廟倒塌，600多間房屋出現裂縫，北阿坎德邦當局將數百人轉移到臨時避難所
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