Workers Trapped In Uttarakhand Tunnel For 150 Hours, Rescue Ops Stuck

Brother of one of the workers, who has come from Haridwar, said that the workers need to be rescued quickly before their health deteriorates.

Dozens of workers have been trapped in a Uttarakhand tunnel for nearly 150 hours with a giant drill being deployed to save them. The rescue operations came to a halt yesterday evening after hearing a sudden "cracking sound" and the drilling machine developed a snag. #WATCH | Uttarakhand: Uttarkashi tunnel rescue | Morning visuals from the spot; relief and rescue work halted at Silkyara TunnelSpeaking to ANI Anshu Manish Khulko, Director of the tunnel-making company NHIDCL, said that at present the drilling work in the tunnel has stopped.… pic.twitter.com/ZhNAsdAtRX

Officials have said that a second heavy drill is to be airlifted to the accident site and operations are expected to resume by 10 am.

The 40 workers have been stuck since Sunday morning after a portion of the tunnel caved in. Officials said that all 40 workers are safe and are being supplied food and water through steel pipes that have been drilled into the opening.