First Images From Indian Tunnel Show Workers Trapped for 9 Days

This screen grab image shows one of the 40 workers trapped inside a collapsed tunnel in Silkyara, in the northern Indian Uttarakhand state, India, on Nov. 21, 2023. (The Uttarakhand State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) via AP)

SILKYARA, India—The first images emerged on Tuesday of 41 men trapped for more than a week in a highway tunnel in the Indian Himalayas, showing them standing in the confined space and communicating with rescue workers.

The men have been stuck in the 4.5-km (3-mile) tunnel in Uttarakhand state since it caved in early on Nov. 12 and are safe, authorities said, with access to light, oxygen, food, water, and medicines.