Drilling resumes to save trapped Indian workers

Drilling has resumed near the mouth of a tunnel at 02:00 local time on Wednesday, in India's Uttarakhand state where 41 workers have been trapped for 10 days. Work had been suspended on Friday after rescuers heard a cracking sound while drilling. Officials say other plans to rescue the men, including drilling down from the mountain top, are also on track.

Authorities managed to establish contact with the trapped men hours later and were supplying them with oxygen, dry snacks and water through a pipeline that was laid for supplying water to the tunnel for construction work. Officials asked them to identify themselves in front of the camera and assured them that they would be rescued soon.

The new pipe is wider and authorities say they can now supply more oxygen, food and other essentials such as medicines, mobile phones and chargers. On Wednesday, officials said at a press briefing that rescuers also encountered iron rods in the debris during the most recent round of drilling.