Drilling on the collapsed Silkyara tunnel to rescue 41 males trapped inside for 15 days resumed at full scale on Tuesday. As per the most recent replace, vertical drilling on the hill was stopped and handbook drilling was happening efficiently contained in the tunnel. To be certain that there isn’t a hindrance within the drilling work under, vertical drilling has been stopped. Meanwhile, the method of adjusting machines in vertical drilling is being accomplished, officers mentioned.
During the operation, a number of hindrances have been confronted. However, it’s hoped that at this time (November 28), the final word success can be achieved and all of the 41 labourers can be rescued.
During the operation, a number of hindrances have been confronted. However, it’s hoped that at this time (November 28), the final word success can be achieved and all of the 41 labourers can be rescued. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), Border Roads Organisation (BRO), mission executing company National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) are on the rescue efforts.
A LOOK AT THE TIMELINE:
November 24: Drilling on the collapsed Silkyara tunnel was halted once more. Officials mentioned the auger drilling machine confronted a hurdle, apparently a metallic object a day after officers had put the operation on maintain following a technical snag.
November 21: First visuals of the 41 trapped staff emerges. A video clip captured by an endoscopic digital camera despatched in by a brand new six-inch extensive pipeline introduced hope to family who’re tenting there for days.Â
November 18: Drilling doesn’t resume on Saturday as specialists really feel that the vibrations created by the diesel-driven 1,750-horse energy heavy-duty American auger contained in the tunnel would possibly trigger extra particles to break down. Officials, nonetheless, started preparations to drill a vertical gap from the highest of the hill.
November 17: The machine drills about 24 metres by the rubble by the afternoon and 4 MS pipes with a size of six metres every are inserted. The course of involves a halt when the fifth pipe hits an impediment.
November 16: The high-performance drilling machine is assembled and put in. It begins working previous midnight.
November 15: Dissatisfied with the efficiency of the primary drilling machine, the NHIDCL asks for a state-of-the-art American auger machine, which is airlifted from Delhi to hurry up the rescue efforts.
November 14: Steel pipes of a diameter of 800 and 900 mm are dropped at be inserted by the rubble with the assistance of an auger machine for horizontal digging.
November 13: Contact is established with the trapped staff by a pipe meant to produce oxygen to them and they’re reported to be secure. Rescue efforts proceed as Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami visits the location.
November 12:Â A portion of the under-construction tunnel in Uttarkashi district caved in a fortnight in the past, trapping 41 labourers.
