14 metres from a miracle: 41 workers who have been trapped inside collapsed Indian road tunnel for 12 days are just hours from freedom as drilling machine nears their position

The 41 workers who have been trapped inside a collapsed road tunnel in India for 12 days are believed to be just hours from freedom. 

The rescue teams have been tunnelling cautiously to the men after a landslide in Uttarkashi, northern India, caused a section of a 4.5km tunnel to collapse, around 200m from the entrance on November 12. 

Hopes of a breakthrough on Wednesday night were dashed after operations had to be paused when the drilling machine powering through the rock and concrete ran…