Uttarakhand tunnel collapse Day 6: Working in a single day with a robust machine, rescue workers drilled 21 metres by way of the rubble in Silkyara tunnel, inching nearer to the 40 labourers trapped there for 5 days. The workers must drill as much as 60 metres to insert 800 mm and 900 mm diameter pipes- one after the other- with the assistance of a large drill machine until an escape passage is created for the labourers caught behind the collapsed portion of the under-construction tunnel, NHIDCL Director Anshu Manish Khalkho stated. (*21*)
The labourers have been trapped since Sunday morning (November 12) when part of the tunnel collapsed following a landslide.
“Drilling has been done up to 21 metres so far,” the state emergency operation centre’s management room in Silkyara stated. The stretch the place particles is amassed begins 270 metres from the mouth of the tunnel at Silkyara aspect.
Uttarkashi District Magistrate Abhishek Ruhela stated that the trapped workers are secure and being equipped with oxygen, medicines, and meals and water by way of pipes. Constant communication is being maintained with them to maintain up their morale, he stated.
VK Singh on Uttarkashi Tunnel collapse:
Union Minister of State of Road Transport and Highways VK Singh took inventory of the operation on Thursday and stated that the federal government and all its companies are making all efforts to finish inside two to a few days to rescue 40 workers trapped contained in the collapsed under-construction Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi.
“Government, all its agencies and experts with whom we can communicate–the efforts of all of us are aimed at rescuing the workers at the earliest. I have spoken with them and their morale is high. They understand that all efforts are being made for them and we are weighing all options to rescue them,” Singh advised reporters in Uttarkashi.
The tunnel between Silkyara and Dandalgaon on the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri nationwide freeway collapsed within the early hours of November 12. He additional stated that the labourers have been confined in a small area of about 2 kilometres within the particles they usually have been sending in meals and water and oxygen by way of a pipe to the trapped workers.
“Our priority is to rescue them sooner. Efforts are being made for this. All the agencies are putting effort into this. A new machine is working, whose power and speed are better than the old machine. Our effort is to complete this rescue operation within two to three days. We are also taking the help of international experts. They know that the government is working to rescue them,” the minister stated.
(With companies inputs)
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