LUCKNOW, India — Part of an under-construction street tunnel in a mountainous north Indian state widespread with vacationers collapsed after a landslide Sunday, trapping greater than 30 employees, officers mentioned.

Rescue work is in progress and oxygen is being pumped by means of a pipe into the collapsed part of the tunnel to assist employees breathe, mentioned Manohar Tamta, an Uttarakhand state aid official.

“It will take some time to bring them out,” Tamta mentioned.

The employees have despatched out alerts indicating that they’re secure,” the Press Trust of India information company cited a state authorities official as saying.

“I am in touch with the officials on the spot and constantly monitoring the situation,” mentioned the highest state elected official, Pushkar Singh Dhami.

The collapsed portion of the tunnel is about 200 meters (500 ft) from the doorway, mentioned police officer Arpan Yaduvanshi. Food can also be being despatched to the trapped employees, PTI quoted him as saying.

About 160 rescuers from federal and state catastrophe aid companies are utilizing drilling tools and excavators to succeed in the employees.

Uttarakhand state is dotted with Hindu temples and sees an enormous stream of pilgrims and vacationers yearly. It has expanded through the years with the huge building of buildings and roadways. The Chardham all-weather street is a flagship federal authorities venture connecting numerous Hindu pilgrimage websites.

In January, state authorities moved a whole bunch of individuals to non permanent shelters after a temple collapsed and cracks appeared in over 600 homes due to the sinking of land in and round Joshimath city within the area