International tunnelling expert and president of International Tunneling Underground Space, Professor Arnold Dix on Monday (November 20) arrived at the web site of the Uttarkashi tunnel collapse the place 41 staff have been trapped for 9 days now. He inspected the web site and mentioned that all the staff can be rescued and in addition hailed the ongoing work by the Indian companies to deliver out the victims of the incident. He mentioned that the groups working at the web site are “fantastic” and added that the entire world is there to assist in the rescue efforts.
Who is Professor Arnold Dix?
- Professor Arnold Dix was elected as the new International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association President throughout the affiliation’s forty eighth General Assembly held in Copenhagen final yr. He succeeded Jenny (Jinxiu) Yan from China.
- Dix is a Professor of engineering, a scientist and a lawyer, who has served as Vice-President of the ITA since 2019. He has been tutor of ITA COSUF and took part in two ITA working teams specializing in security and upkeep in underground works.
- Dix gives experience and particular recommendation in a number of fields: authorized, political, moral and technical dangers associated to atmosphere underground and complicated buildings.
- Dix is an advisor for building, together with design idea overview, commissioning, procedures and operational readiness with a particular experience on the underground, building security, operational security, operations, atmosphere, refurbishment and safety.
- According to Australian tunnelling society, Dix is the first Australian to be elected to the place in the organisation’s 50-year historical past.
- He has performed a key position mitigating the dangers of disasters and responding to precise disasters. He investigated the 9/11 catastrophe in New York (Underground facets), London Bombings, Madrid Bombings, together with hearth associated disasters comparable to the Daegu Metro Fires, and Hong Kong Metro fires.
Uttarkashi tunnel collapse:
The former advisor of PMO Bhaskar Khulbe and Deputy Secretary of PMO Mangesh Ghildiyal appealed to all the involved departments concerned in the rescue operation (RVNL, Navyug, ONGC, State PWD, BRO and THDC) and requested them to offer the remaining report on progress in the rescue operation by this night.
“Instructions have been given to the rescue team to complete the rescue operation of the workers trapped in the tunnel as early as possible. Former advisor to the Prime Minister’s Office, Bhaskar Khulbe and Deputy Secretary in PMO Mangesh Ghildiyal gave strict instructions to the rescue team. Bhasker Khulbe, Dy Sec Mangesh Ghildiyal and Secretary Disaster Management Ranjeet Sinha have left for Dehradun,” Dr Neeraj Khanna, Secretary Nodal mentioned.
