New Delhi: On Tuesday, the rescue groups tried to speak with the employees who’re trapped contained in the tunnel that’s being constructed from Silkyara to Barkot, utilizing walkie-talkie, as per the information company ANI. The work of putting in the pipeline contained in the Silkyara Tunnel has begun by the rescuers. Earlier, the vertical drilling machine that was positioned on the hilltop above the tunnel reached the Tunnel.
The rescue operations on the website of the Silkyara tunnel collapse right here entered the ninth day, and the rescuers made a ‘breakthrough’ by inserting a pipeline of six-inch width by the particles of the collapsed part, the place 41 labourers are caught.
For the primary time since they received trapped, scorching Khichdi was delivered to the stranded staff by this 6-inch various lifeline.
On November 12, it was reported {that a} collapse occurred in an under-construction tunnel from Silkyara to Barkot as a result of a muck falling within the 60-metre stretch on the Silkyara aspect of the tunnel, trapping 41 labourers.
According to the federal government, the labourers are trapped within the 2 km-long tunnel part, which is full, together with concrete work that gives security to the employees. Electricity and water can be found within the tunnel, and staff are offered meals gadgets and medicines by a 4-inch compressor pipeline.
Earlier within the day, rescue operation in-charge Colonel Deepak Patil stated that their ‘main challenge’ is evacuating trapped males by a 900-mm pipe, which will likely be tried later, meals, mobiles, and chargers will likely be despatched contained in the tunnel by the 6-inch lifeline.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami additionally had a cellphone dialog with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and up to date him in regards to the rescue operations underway
