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A rescue mission trying to save 41 construction workers from a collapsed tunnel in India has been stopped again.<\/p>\n

Late on Friday, a drilling machine being used to rescue the workers trapped in a tunnel<\/strong> in the state of Uttarakhand broke down, forcing an end to the operation.<\/p>\n

Arnold Dix, an international expert assisting the rescue in northern India<\/strong>, said: “The machine is busted.<\/p>\n

“It is irreparable. The mountain has once again resisted the auger.”<\/p>\n

Rescuers were just 30ft from breaking through to the workers before the auger broke, wedging the broken piece of equipment inside the tunnel.<\/p>\n

As a result, workers will drill by hand to avoid the auger repeatedly getting stuck on pieces of metal in the debris, and as it would take days for a replacement to arrive.<\/p>\n

Pushkar Singh Dhami, the chief minister of Uttarakhand, said the damaged machine would be removed by Sunday.<\/p>\n

Syed Ata Hasnain, a member of the National Disaster Management Authority, said the operation was becoming “more complex” and the process would become slower, compared to when the auger was used to drill.<\/p>\n

He added: “We have to strengthen our brothers stuck inside.<\/p>\n

“We need to monitor their psychological state, because this operation can go on for a very long time.”<\/p>\n

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The workers have been trapped since 12 November – almost two weeks – when a landslide caused a section of a 2.8 mile tunnel being built to collapse some 650ft from the entrance.<\/p>\n

Authorities have said the workers are safe, with access to light, oxygen, food, water and medicines via two small tunnels.<\/p>\n

Mr Dhami also told reporters: “They are in good spirits. They said, ‘take as many days as you require, don’t worry about us’.”<\/p>\n

But 13 days into the operation, rescuers have only seen a glimpse of those trapped via the lens of an endoscopic camera<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, a new drilling machine used to dig vertically was brought to the accident site on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The vertical dig is seen as an alternative plan to reach the trapped men, and rescuers have already created an access road to the top of a hill.<\/p>\n

However, rescue teams will need to dig 338ft down to reach the trapped workers – much longer than the distance of the horizontal shaft.<\/p>\n

Digging work has also commenced on the far side of the road tunnel, an even longer third route estimated to be some 1,574ft.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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