As his legs were stuck underneath the pipeline, the rescuers engaged in manual digging of the earth with shovels for over an hour and a half. By 3.45 pm, Selvam was lifted out with safety belts.
“The northern end of Lower Domain Road ... Picture: Chris Kidd “While digging a trench for a 4.3-kilometre pipeline is a big job, we don’t expect this initial activity to cause significant ...