Rescuers are just six or seven metres from 41 men trapped in a collapsed tunnel in India, officials have said.
The low-wage workers from India’s poorest states have been stuck in the three mile (4.5km) tunnel in Uttarakhand for more than two weeks.
Last week, a drilling machine broke down, delaying the rescue operation.
But on Monday, so-called rat miners were brought in to drill through the rocks and gravel by hand.
They made good progress overnight, officials said.
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