"Made Playing Cards Out Of Diary Pages To Kill Time": Rescued Worker Exclusive

41 workers were trapped after a section of the Uttarakhand tunnel collapsed on November 12.

The 41 workers evacuated from Uttarakhand's Silkyara tunnel after over two weeks killed time by playing childhood games and taking walks, a rescued worker told NDTV on Friday. 

Ankit, a resident of Motipur in Uttar Pradesh's Shravasti district, also spoke about the 17 days he spent inside the collapse tunnel and called it a "near-death experience".

"I was worried about my family as we were not able to talk to them. I kept thinking if they were fine," he said.