India

On Tuesday afternoon rescuers successfully rescued all 41 workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel in India, according to AFP. The men, who are low-income workers from impoverished states, have been trapped in the tunnel in the mountainous state of Uttarakhand since November 12. For 17 days, rescuers drilled through rocks, soil, concrete, and other materials to reach the workers. On Tuesday morning, an official told Reuters that the drilling had been completed and the rescue efforts for the 41 workers could begin one by one. The process of extracting all the men was expected to take a few hours. They were to be pulled out on wheeled stretchers through a 90cm wide tube. The tube is 57 meters long, according to the AFP news agency. /ritzau/