Uttarkashi: The Uttarkashi tunnel rescue operation of the 41 staff trapped in a portion of the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi, which collapsed over per week in the past, has been placed on maintain once more after a technical glitch was confronted by the rescue staff on Friday night. The drilling by the American-made auger machine to rescue the trapped staff was halted after the rescue staff confronted a technical glitch.
Meanwhile, speaking concerning the drone know-how that’s getting used within the rescue operation, Cyriac Joseph, MD and CEO of Squadrone Infra Mining Pvt Ltd, mentioned that it is a new know-how that goes into GPS-denied areas. “This is a new technology, it goes into GPS-denied areas and is used in underground tunnels and underground mines. It has been introduced in India recently. Our target is to determine how we can rescue the 41 trapped workers and how quickly we can do it. The safety of the rescue team is also important,” Joseph mentioned.
Earlier within the day, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami knowledgeable that the rescue operation to extricate 41 staff trapped in a portion of the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi is “in its final stage,” including that each the central and state authorities companies are working collectively. He mentioned that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is taking all of the updates relating to the rescue operation being carried out on the Silkyara tunnel.
“The rescue operation is in its last stage. PM Modi is taking all the updates about the difficulties that workers might face and discussing the solutions. Both the central and state government agencies are working together on the rescue operation. We hope that soon this operation will be completed and all the workers will come out,” CM Dhami mentioned.
Meanwhile, Additional Secretary Technical, Road and Transport Mahmood Ahmed on Friday mentioned that the auger drilling machine, which developed some cracks on Thursday, has been reassembled they usually hope to push the pipe additional this time with no obstacles.
“The auger drilling machine has been reassembled. A new pipe will be put in after the welding, which will take two hours. After two hours, we will push the pipe inside the tunnel. We hope that we push the pipe further this time and will face no obstacles,” Additional Secretary Ahmed mentioned.
When requested concerning the complete size of the pipe that has been inserted to rescue the employees, Additional Secretary Ahmed mentioned that two extra pipes of 6 metres every should be inserted to get a breakthrough. “Two more pipes of 6 metres each have to be inserted. The first 6 metres, which reach 51-52 metres, with the next 6 meter-long pipe, we hope to breakthrough,” he mentioned.
“This is our own estimation and understanding. These estimations are based on certain realities but they are all assumptions and not to be taken exactly, but we hope to be there someway,” he added. Earlier, Bhaskar Khulbe, a former advisor to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), mentioned a 2-metre a part of the inserted pipe needed to be reduce off because it acquired compressed attributable to friction whereas drilling. This occurred after the auger heavy-duty driller encountered an obstruction and exerted extra strain on Thursday, he knowledgeable.
Speaking to ANI on Friday morning, Khulbe mentioned the platform on which the Augur drilling machine was mounted developed some cracks on Thursday. However, the cracks have been repaired since knowledgeable. The platform developed some cracks whereas the rescue operation was underway on Thursday and the method of horizontal drilling via the particles needed to be halted consequently.
“Last night, we had to revamp the platform on which the machine is mounted. However, Parsons Company operated a ground penetration radar, which told us that there was no metallic obstruction for the next 5 metres (inside the tunnel). This means that our drilling, once it resumes, should be smooth. When we were removing the debris, we came upon two mangled pipes,” Khulbe mentioned, including that the trapped staff could also be extricated by Friday.
The rescue work continues as a portion of the under-construction tunnel from Silkyara to Barkot collapsed on November 12. The particles falling within the 60-metre stretch on the Silkyara aspect of the tunnel trapped 41 labourers inside. The staff are trapped in a 2 km-built portion, which is full, together with concrete work that gives them security.Â
