Officials consider other rescue plans to reach trapped workers in India

People stand near the entrance to the site of an under-construction road tunnel that collapsed in mountainous Uttarakhand state, India (AP Photo)

Officials trying to reach 41 workers who have been trapped in a collapsed tunnel in northern India for eight days were contemplating alternative rescue plans on Sunday after snags with a drilling machine caused them to halt digging.

A new drilling machine arrived at the accident site in Uttarakhand state on Saturday to replace one that was damaged while breaking through the rocks and debris.