After 16 days of tireless rescue operations, two out of 41 workers who had been trapped after a portion of the under-construction tunnel in (*41*) district caved in a fortnight in the past, had been rescued on Tuesday. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), Border Roads Organisation (BRO), challenge executing company National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) collectively executed the rescue efforts. HOW IT HAPPENED (*16*)
Rescue workers broke by means of the 60-metre stretch of rubble within the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand on Tuesday midday utilizing rat-hole mining approach.
Moments earlier than the labourers got here out of the tunnel, CM Pushkar Singh Dhami took to X and stated, “As a result of the immense grace of Baba Baukh Nag Ji, prayers of crores of countrymen and the tireless work of all the rescue teams engaged in the rescue operation, the work of laying pipes in the tunnel to take out the workers has been completed. Soon all the labour brothers will be taken out.”
Earlier within the day, Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd.), Member, NDMA, stated, “We are at 58 metres and the sounds of drilling and digging are being heard on the opposite aspect. It is the final mile of the operation the place the rat miners have gone in together with the Army, NDRF and different companies. It is as a result of of their efforts that 10 metres have been achieved within the final 24 hours…
A 30-bed facility can also be prepared within the District Hospital and 10-bed facility was additionally prepared on the website.Â
3-4 hours to rescue all 41 workers
Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd.) stated, “It is estimated that it will take 3-5 minutes to evacuate each of the 41 persons. The entire evacuation is expected to take 3-4 hours. Three teams of NDRF will go in ise the tunnel to organise the evacuation. SDRF will provde support. Paramedics will also go inside the tunnel at the time of evacuation.”
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