Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Relief and rescue operation is at present underway on a conflict footing at Silkyara Tunnel in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district, the place 40 labourers are trapped following the collapse of the under-construction tunnel.
As per the latest replace, the auger machine which was introduced for drilling contained in the tunnel broke down after digging for two meters at present. Due to this, a hindrance was prompted within the rescue work for a while.
Uttarkashi District Magistrate Abhishek Ruhela, State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) Commandant Manikant Mishra, Superintendent of Police Arpan Yaduvanshi, Chief Development Officer Gaurav Kumar, and lots of different officers have been current on the spot and are taking part in their position within the rescue operation.
Uttarkashi Police’s CO Prashant Kumar, in a bid to bolster the trapped males’s spirits, yesterday made preparations for a few of them to speak to their households by this mechanism. Kotdwara resident Gambhir Singh Negi, who’s among the many trapped males, talked to his son, who inquired about his well-being and gave him replace of the efforts being made to rescue them.
Meanwhile, the Uttarkashi police management room is conserving others’ households up to date on the state of affairs whereas meals, water, and oxygen is being equipped to the trapped males.
How the incident happen on Nov 12?
A portion of the under-construction tunnel between Silkyara and Dandalgaon on the Yamunotri National Highway in Uttarkashi district collapsed on account of a landslide early on Sunday (November 12).
Rescue operation underway:
To rescue the employees from the tunnel, 900 mm diameter metal pipes and drill and boring machines have reached the spot and work has begun to chop by the blockage. Meanwhile, SDRF commandant Manikant Mishra, who’s main the rescue operation, on Tuesday talked to the employees trapped within the tunnel by a walkie-talkie and inquired about their well-being. The staff informed him that they have been all positive and hoped they’d be rescued quickly.
40 labourers trapped:
As per the district administration, out of the 40 labourers, 15 are from Jharkhand, three from Bihar, 4 from West Bengal, two from Uttarakhand, one from Himachal Pradesh, eight from Uttar Pradesh, two from Assam, and 5 from Odisha.
Meanwhile, District Magistrate Abhishek Ruhela together with the senior physician of the District Hospital, Dr Prem Pokhriyal, went contained in the tunnel and talked to the employees by the pipe and inspired them. Dr Pokhriyal additionally took data from the employees about their well being and gave some health-related directions.
The administration and police officers consoled most of the relations who reached the spot to inquire in regards to the well-being of the labourers trapped within the tunnel and guaranteed them that each one the folks can be evacuated safely.
(With inputs from Sunil Dutt Pandey)
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