How banned ‘rat-hole’ mining saved India’s trapped

How banned ‘rat-hole’ mining saved India’s trapped workers

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“Reuters”

When machines failed to free the 41 trapped workers in a collapsed tunnel in India’s Uttarakhand state, officials enlisted the help of miners of a banned practice called ‘rat-hole’ mining, whose practitioners are adept at burrowing in tight spaces.

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