URGENT: All 41 Indian workers trapped in tunnel for 17 days rescued: minister

Ambulances carrying rescued workers leave after emergency and rescue teams safely brought out all trapped workers from the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in the Uttarkashi district of India’s Uttarakhand state on November 28.//AFP

Silkyara Tunnel , India – Indian rescuers have safely brought out all 41 workers from a collapsed Himalayan road tunnel after a marathon 17-day engineering operation to free them, a minister said Tuesday.

“I am completely relieved and happy as 41 trapped labourers in the Silkyara Tunnel Collapse have been successfully rescued,” Minister of Road Transport Nitin Gadkari said in a statement. “This was a well-coordinated effort by multiple agencies, marking one of the most significant rescue operations in recent years.”