Drilling has resumed near the mouth of a tunnel in India’s Uttarakhand state where 41 workers have been trapped for 11 days.
Work had been suspended on Friday after rescuers heard a cracking sound while drilling.
Officials say other plans to rescue the men, including drilling down from the mountain top, are also on track.
The workers were building the tunnel when a part of it caved it on 12 November due to a landslide.
Authorities managed to establish contact with the trapped men hours later and were supplying them with oxygen, dry snacks and water through a pipeline that was laid for supplying water to the tunnel for construction work.
Officials have been giving regular updates and have indicated they are making good progress.
But family and friends of the workers have been increasingly anxious – and angry, wondering why it is taking so long to get the men out.
On Monday, anxious relatives who had crowded around the tunnel experienced some relief when an endoscopic camera – slipped inside through a new pipe – captured footage of the workers. Officials asked them to identify themselves in front of the camera and assured them that they would be rescued soon.
Watch the first video of trapped tunnel workers in India’s Uttarakhand
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The new pipe is wider and authorities say they can now supply more oxygen, food and other essentials such as medicines, mobile phones and chargers.
Source: bbc.com
