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The first promising images of 41 men trapped inside a collapsed Indian Himalayas tunnel have appeared. It has been the tenth day of unrelenting, complicated and frustrating efforts to free them from the confinement.
The 30-second video provided by the authorities on Tuesday taken by a camera passed through a pipe by rescuers on the surface shows the men wearing helmets and standing in a large cavern around 60 meters (198 feet) inside the mountain.
“Don’t worry, we’ll reach quickly,” a rescuer says through a loudspeaker. “Show us you’re okay. Take the camera out (of the pipe) slowly. Show us each person’s face.”
The 41 trapped labourers have been receiving food, water and oxygen through the pipe after the entrance to the tunnel they were helping to build gave way on November 12.
Indian authorities have been exploring strategies to free the men, including inserting another pipe through the rubble that’s big enough for them to crawl out. But any effort to open a passage through the debris has proven tricky due to the unstable terrain, and drilling has been frequently paused.
In what has been described as the operation’s “first success,” rescuers managed to insert a 53-meter (174 ft) pipe through the rubble late Monday, allowing them to deliver their first hot meal of lentils, water, medicines and oxygen to the trapped labourers.
“Confidence of keeping the lives of the trapped workers safe has increased manifold,” said a statement released by state officials on Monday. “After this good news, there is happiness and enthusiasm on the rescue fronts along with the workers and their families and now there is a lot of hope for other rescue options.”
A makeshift hospital has been set up at the tunnel’s entrance, but a rescue doesn’t look imminent as workers continue to brainstorm ways to bring the trapped men out.
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第十天，第一批被困在印度喜馬拉雅山倒塌隧道中的工人的照片曝光
第一張照片顯示，41 名男子被困在倒塌的印度喜馬拉雅山隧道內。 為了將他們從監禁中解救出來，已經進行了不懈、複雜、令人沮喪的努力的第十天。
當局週二提供的一段30秒的影片是救援人員在地面上透過管道透過攝影機拍攝的，影片顯示這些人戴著頭盔，站在山內約60公尺（198英尺）的大洞穴裡。
「別擔心，我們會很快到達，」救援人員透過擴音器說道。 「讓我們看看你沒事。 慢慢地將相機從（管道中）取出。 讓我們看看每個人的臉。”
11 月 12 日，他們幫忙建造的隧道入口塌陷後，41 名被困工人一直透過管道獲取食物、水和氧氣。
印度當局一直在探索解救這些人的策略，包括在廢墟中插入另一根足夠大的管道，讓他們能夠爬出來。 但由於地形不穩定，任何打通廢墟通道的努力都被證明是棘手的，鑽探經常被暫停。
週一晚間，救援人員成功地在廢墟中插入了一根53 公尺（174 英尺）長的管道，將他們的第一頓熱餐（包括扁豆、水、藥品和氧氣）運送到了被稱為此次行動的「首次成功」。被困勞工。
州政府官員週一發布的聲明稱，「確保被困工人生命安全的信心成倍增加」。 “聽到這個好消息後，救援前線的工人和他們的家人都感到高興和熱情，現在對其他救援選擇充滿了希望。”
隧道入口處已經設立了一家臨時醫院，但救援工作似乎不會迫在眉睫，因為工人們仍在集思廣益，想方設法將受困人員救出。
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