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Ambulance and emergency vehicles are seen on standby near the entrance (R) of the under construction Silkyara tunnel during a rescue operation for trapped workers after a section of the tunnel collapsed, in the Uttarkashi district of India's Uttarakhand state on November 28, 2023. Indian rescuers on November 28 began to bring out the 41 men trapped for 17 days behind tonnes of earth inside a Himalayan road tunnel after a marathon engineering operation to free them. (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP)
Indian rescuers on Tuesday brought out the first of 41 men trapped inside a Himalayan tunnel for 17 days after a marathon operation to free them, local media said.
The Press Trust of India news agency reported the first man had been brought out, and AFP reporters at the site saw ambulances leaving from the tunnel entrance.
