Asia
Tearful families pray for Indian workers trapped in tunnel
3 years agoPrincipal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India, Pramod Kumar Mishra (6L) arrives to review the rescue of workers trapped beneath the collapsed under construction Silkyara tunnel in the Uttarkashi district of India's Uttarakhand state, on November 27, 2023. - Indian military engineers on November 27 were preparing to dig by hand to reach 41 workers trapped in a collapsed road tunnel for 15 days, a rescue operation hit by repeated setbacks. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)
Indian officials have repeatedly promised 41 men trapped in a collapsed Himalayan tunnel for more than two weeks will be safe, but desperate relatives say they are pinning hopes on prayer.
