Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Rescuers establish communication with trapped workers, food, water being supplied

Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand), 12/11:  Rescuers who worked overnight to rescue around 40 workers trapped after an under-construction tunnel on the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri National Highway collapsed here have established contact with them and provided them with food and water.

The workers are safe and have asked for food, which is being sent to them, the Silkyara police control room said, adding that communication has been established on walkie-talkies. Food packets have been supplied with the help of compressors, it said.