The rescue operation is going on for last 14 days to bring out the 41 workers trapped in Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi.
NDMA Member Lt Gen (retd) Syed Ata Hasnain told reporters here that all efforts are going on to rescue the workers.
He said that vertical drilling which is considered as the second best option and has been started around noon and 15 meters of drilling has already been completed.
He said that after 86 meters of vertical drilling, the crust of the tunnel will have to be broken to bring out the trapped workers.
Hasnain said that as many as six plans are being executed to rescue the workers but the best option so far is horizontal drilling under which 47 meters of drilling have been completed.
On November 12, an under-construction tunnel collapsed in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi leaving 41 workers trapped.
–Ajit Weekly News
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