Inching closer to target


Uphill battle: Workers standing near the entrance of the tunnel that collapsed in mountainous Uttarakhand state. — AP

RESCUERS drilled deeper into the rubble of a collapsed road tunnel in northern India yesterday to fix wide pipes for 40 workers trapped underground for a sixth day to crawl to their freedom.

Drilling with a new machine started on Thursday and has covered a stretch of 24m so far, Devendra Patwal, a disaster management official, said.

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