Just a few metres of rock and earth separate Indian rescue teams from 41 workers who have been trapped inside a collapsed road tunnel for nearly two weeks, according to officials, who vow to get all the men out safely. After a series of rapid advances, hopes that the men's freedom was imminent were dashed late Wednesday when the drilling machine powering through tonnes of rock and concrete ran into metal rods, but those have now been cleared. "Let’s all hope and pray as we have been doing for last so many days that we are able to reach our people as soon as possible," road and highways official Mehmood Ahmad tells AFP. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES