Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: 41 workers trapped to be home by Christmas, says official

The blades of the augering machine drilling through the rubble of the collapsed Silkyara tunnel were on Saturday stuck in the debris, forcing officials to consider switching to other options that could drag on the rescue of 41 workers trapped inside for 13 days by several weeks more. A tunnel expert said the trapped



workers will be home for Christmas. 

In other news, the Congress took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling him the "master of chunavi (electoral) photo-ops" after the the latter took to the skies in a Tejas aircraft, an indigenous Light Combat Aircraft, during his visit to Bengaluru