Indian rescuers send medicine to tunnel workers trapped for four days

Uttarakhand State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel conducting rescue work inside a collapsed road tunnel where 40 workers were trapped in northern Uttarakhand state, India, on Nov 14, 2023. — AP

DEHRADUN (AFP): Indian rescuers said Wednesday (Nov 15) they had sent medicine to 40 men trapped after the road tunnel they were building collapsed, as frantic efforts to free them entered a fourth day.

Excavators have been removing debris since Sunday morning from the site in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand to create an escape tunnel for the workers, all of whom are still alive.