27/11/2023 14:08 (UTC)

India will use a controversial technique to rescue 41 workers trapped in a tunnel

Uttarkashi (India), Nov 27 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Harish Tyagi).- Rescue operations to remove 41 workers trapped in a tunnel under construction for 16 days in northern India will use "mousetrap miners", a questioned excavation technique, after numerous failures with the machinery and initial plans rescue.

"The manual technique will be employed tonight with the help of Indian Army engineers, rat miners, and other technicians," Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd), member of the National Management Authority, said in a statement to the press. of Disaster.

FOOTAGE OF RESCUE OPERATIONS IN THE AREA WHERE THE 41 WORKERS TRAPPED IN A TUNNEL IN UTTARKASHI, INDIA.

Metadata

Date: 27/11/2023 14:08 (UTC)
Credit: EFE
Source: EPA
Topic: Disaster and accident » Industrial accident
Type: Rough cut
Duration: 118 seconds
Reference: 55012392552
Relevance: Normal