The International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association has extended its support to the Indian rescue team’s efforts to evacuate 40 labourers trapped in an under-construction tunnel that collapsed in Uttarkashi.
The incident that took place on November 11, caused a portion of the tunnel under construction between Silkyara and Dandalgaon on the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri National Highway to collapse, leaving 40 workers trapped after a landslide.
Continuous efforts are being made in the area in order to free the trapped labourers, ANI reported.
