00:00 A hero's welcome for the construction workers who have spent the last 17 days in a collapsed
00:05 tunnel.
00:06 Met by the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand state.
00:09 Although still in shock, they are reportedly in good health.
00:13 Their condition is first class, just like yours or mine.
00:16 There is no concern about their health.
00:18 Extricated thanks to a steel pipe that a team of specialist miners pushed through 60 metres
00:23 of soil, metal and rock.
00:25 "The pipe was pushed through very cautiously, without any obstacles.
00:30 There was a breakthrough when the pipe passed through."
00:34 With so-called rat miners digging the final metres by hand, a strategy adopted after early
00:39 efforts fell foul of falling debris and failure of machinery.
00:43 Since the tunnel caved in, the 41 trapped workers have had water, cooked food and light
00:49 delivered through a special lifeline pipe.
00:51 Loved ones and doctors were also able to see them through an endoscopic camera also fed
00:56 through the pipe.
00:57 The Silkyara Road tunnel, which collapsed on the 12th of November, part of a flagship
01:01 infrastructure project, was reportedly built along a geological fault line and had no emergency
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