Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Amid the continuing efforts to rescue the employees trapped within the Uttarkashi tunnel, a portion of which caved in earlier, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami will right now (November 19) conduct an on-site inspection of the operations, the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) knowledgeable by an official launch. The CM will likely be accompanied by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari throughout his go to to the tunnel site on Sunday.
“Along with the Chief Minister, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari is also arriving to take stock of the relief and rescue work,” the CMO added in its assertion. On Saturday, a high official from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) took inventory of the relief operations on the under-construction Silkyara Tunnel situated on the Uttarkashi-Yamnotri street.
Vertical drilling to rescue employees:
The native administration on Saturday knowledgeable that it might deploy a tree-cutting knowledgeable as a part of the continuing efforts to extricate 40 employees trapped contained in the tunnel for seven days now. A tree-cutting knowledgeable, Ashiq Hussain, was referred to as by the Forest Department to the tunnel site, officers stated on Saturday. Officials added that they had been making an attempt to succeed in the employees by vertical drilling from the higher a part of the tunnel.
“We were trying to reach them horizontally, now we will also try vertically. A spot right above the tunnel has been identified and marked. A hole will be drilled from there to reach there. The depth of the hole would be approximately 300-350 feet. The horizontal attempt of rescue would also begin from Barkot end of the tunnel,” stated Uttarkashi DFO DP Baluni.
Resue operation underway:
Sharing particulars of the continuing rescue operation, Bhaskar Khulbe, a former advisor to the PMO, advised media, “Efforts are on to bolster the entire area’s strength to the order that it remains totally safe for workers to approach the rescue work that we are intending to do. I feel that our concerted effort will yield good results in the coming four to five days.”
Also, on Saturday, Chris Cooper, a micro-tunnelling knowledgeable, arrived on the Silkyara tunnel incident site to observe and oversee the rescue operation.Cooper is a Chartered Engineer with an skilled monitor document for supply of Major International key civil engineering infrastructure, Metro tunnels, Large Caverns, Dams, Railway, and Mining Projects.
“I don’t have any information as of now. I only reached here last night (Friday),” he advised media
“The heavy-duty drilling machine, which was expected to arrive on Saturday (November 18) has also reached the Silkyara tunnel site,” knowledgeable Cooper, who can also be a marketing consultant for the Rishikesh Karnprayag rail undertaking. The under-construction tunnel between Silkyara and Dandalgaon on the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri nationwide freeway collapsed within the early hours of November 12.
(With companies inputs)
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