Update (0143 EST): Government officials have announced that at least 40 workers are still trapped.
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— Uttarakhand Police (@uttarakhandcops) November 12, 2023
At approximately 0026 EST, initial reports indicated that a tunnel collapse had occurred along the Yamunotri National Highway in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, India. Initially, at least 25 workers were reported trapped.
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— First India News (@1stIndiaNews) November 12, 2023
By 0034 EST, search and rescue had begun at the site which had been labeled the result of a landslide.
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— Sandeep Panwar (@tweet_sandeep) November 12, 2023
By 0100 EST, at least 62 workers had been reported missing and a special search and rescue team from the Uttarakhand, India State Disaster Response Force had been deployed with advanced equipment.
This is developing.
