As many as 40 men were working in the tunnel, part of an ambitious Himalayan highway project in town of Uttarkashi, when part of the passageway leading to the entrance gave way, authorities said.
“We are all working hard to get them all out,” Uttarkashi superintendent of police, Arpan Yaduvanshi, told CNN on Monday.
Rescuers have been supplying oxygen and water to the men through the debris, Yaduvanshi added.
The Char Dham Highway project is expected to be nearly 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) long, improving access to the state from India’s capital New Delhi.
In August, more than a dozen workers were killed after a bridge under construction collapsed in the northeastern state of Mizoram.
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