Digging to rescue 41 workers trapped in tunnel in India halted as machine breaks

Rescuers had been working by hand to remove debris (AP)

Attempts to reach 41 construction workers stuck in a collapsed tunnel in northern India for two weeks have been hampered again.

Rescuers had been working by hand to remove debris after the drilling machine they were using broke down a day earlier while making its way through the debris of rock, stones and metal, but the operation was halted on Saturday.