Workers Trapped in Tunnel in India Given Hot Meal

2023-11-22 17:22:32来源：网络

Workers Trapped in Tunnel in India Given Hot Meal

被困在印度隧道中的工人获得热餐

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　　By Gregory Stachel

　　21 November 2023

　　The 41 workers who have been trapped in a collapsed tunnel in northern India for over a week are finally getting hot meals on Tuesday. The meals of rice and lentils are sent through a newly placed steel pipe as rescuers are working on a plan to dig them out vertically.

　　For the last nine days, the workers survived with dry food sent through a smaller pipe. They also received a supply of oxygen through another one.

　　Officials released a video on Tuesday showing the workers in their safety hats moving around the blocked tunnel. It also showed them communicating with rescuers on the ground through small radio equipment called walkie-talkies. Family members said they felt better after seeing images of their loved ones.

　　The tunnel collapsed in Uttarakhand state. It is a mountainous area that has been difficult for the drilling machine. It broke down as rescuers attempted to dig horizontally toward the trapped workers. Movement from the machine has also caused more rocks to fall. After more rocks fell, officials suspended rescue operations for a moment.

　　Currently, rescuers are creating a path to the top of the hill from where they will dig vertically. Officials said Monday that from the vertical direction, drilling to the tunnel will take a few days and rocks could fall during the digging. Rescue teams will need to dig 103 meters downwards to reach the trapped workers, nearly double the distance.

　　Officials said they would also continue digging horizontally from the mouth of the tunnel toward the workers.

　　The workers have been trapped since November 12. A landslide may have caused part of the tunnel they were building to collapse 200 meters from the opening.

　　Mahmood Ahmed is head of the state-run National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation. He said, "We might be able to get a breakthrough in the next 30-40 hours."

　　I'm Gregory Stachel.

　　The Associated Press reported this story. Gregory Stachel adapted it for VOA Learning English.

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　　由Gregory Stachel撰写

　　2023年11月21日

　　在印度北部一个坍塌的隧道中被困超过一周的41名工人，终于在周二得到了热餐。这些由大米和扁豆制成的餐食，是通过新安置的钢管送入的，同时救援人员正在制定从上方挖掘救出他们的计划。

　　在过去的九天里，这些工人靠通过一个较小的管道送入的干粮生存。他们还通过另一个管道得到了氧气供应。

　　周二，官方发布了一段视频，显示工人们戴着安全帽在被堵塞的隧道中活动。视频还显示他们通过一种叫做对讲机的小型无线电设备与地面上的救援人员进行交流。家属们表示，看到亲人的影像后，他们感到好多了。

　　这个隧道位于印度的北阿坎德邦。这是一个山区，对钻探机来说非常困难。在救援人员试图横向向被困工人挖掘时，钻探机坏了。机器的运动也导致更多的岩石坠落。在更多的岩石坠落后，官方暂时停止了救援行动。

　　目前，救援人员正在为他们从山顶垂直挖掘的路径做准备。官员们在周一表示，从垂直方向钻探到隧道需要几天的时间，而且在挖掘过程中可能会有岩石坠落。救援队需要向下挖掘103米才能到达被困的工人，这几乎是原来的两倍距离。

　　官员们表示，他们还将继续从隧道口向工人们的方向横向挖掘。

　　这些工人自11月12日以来一直被困。可能是一场山崩导致他们正在建设的隧道的一部分在距离入口200米的地方坍塌。