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Indian workers trapped in tunnel for 10 days seen on camera

Rescue teams released images taken on an endoscopic camera of workers trapped inside the under-construction tunnel © – / Department of Information and Public Relation (DIPR) Uttarakhand/AFP

Dehradun, India – Forty-one Indian workers trapped in a collapsed road tunnel for 10 days were seen alive on camera for the first time Tuesday as workers attempted to create a new passageway to free them.

Looking exhausted and anxious, with thick beards, the men could be seen peering at the endoscopic camera sent by rescuers down the thin pipe through which air, food and water is being sent.

“We will bring you out safely, do not worry,” rescuers can be heard telling the helmet-wearing men trapped inside as they gather near the camera, video released by state authorities shows.

Excavators have been removing tonnes of earth, concrete and rubble from the under-construction tunnel…

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