Uttarkashi tunnel collapse LIVE: The rescue operation entered day 16 on Monday morning, clocking over two weeks for the reason that staff have been trapped inside after a portion of the under-construction Silkyara tunnel collapsed on November 12. The officers adopted a brand new strategy yesterday night, and commenced drilling into the hill above the Silkyara-Barkot tunnel on Sunday, boring almost 20 metres on the primary day. The vertical strategy was one of many not less than 5 choices on which preparatory work had begun just a few days again. The vertical boring possibility was picked as the subsequent greatest various after the newest in a collection of snags that hit the horizontal drilling operation from the tunnel’s Silkyara-end, the place an estimated 60-metre stretch of rubble confronted rescue staff. On Sunday morning, a plasma cutter was airlifted from Hyderabad to complement the gasoline cutter. By Sunday night, solely 8.15 metres of the 47 metres of the auger shaft that had been pushed into the particles remained to be minimize and eliminated, in line with officers. A group of the DRDO and Indian Army engineers from the Madras Sappers additionally reached Silkyara after they have been roped in for the rescue operation. They are being despatched meals, medicines and different necessities by means of a six-inch large pipe. A communication system has additionally been set as much as allow the households to often speak to the employees.
