National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) Managing Director Mahmood Ahmad on Monday informed that the vertical drilling of 36 meters has been completed inside the Uttarkashi's Silkayara tunnel where 41 workers remain trapped.
The troops of Indian and Sri Lankan armies underwent joint tactical drills at the College of Military Engineering in Pune as a part of Exercise Mitra Shakti 2023, an official statement said on Monday.
National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) Member Vishal Chauhan on Monday informed that the work of the manual drilling inside the Uttarkashi Tunnel can start anytime soon in the upcoming hours adding that a team of six members have been formed in this regard.
National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) Managing Director Mahmood Ahmad on Monday informed that the work of the vertical drilling at Uttarkashi tunnel where 41 workers remained trapped is likely to be completed by November 30.
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Micro tunnelling expert Chris Cooper informed, on Monday, that all the debris of the auger machine has been removed and manual drilling to reach the trapped labourers will start in a few hours.
a team of six specialists have reached the site to undertake the manual drilling work. They will go inside the 800 mm pipe of the tunnel to remove the debris manually. The team includes engineers from the Indian Army's Madras Engineering Group as well as civilians.
As the vertical drilling makes swift progress, former Engineer-in-Chief and Director General of Border Roads Organisation, Lieutenant General (retired) Harpal Singh said that there is no other way left except the manual method to reach the trapped workers in the Silkyara tunnel.
In an effort to step up the rescue operations in Uttarkashi, a rat hole mining technique will be used through manual drilling to remove the debris inside the pipe on the 16th day of continued rescue efforts in Silkyara tunnel, according to officials.
The vertical drilling from the top of the hill makes swift progress as 31 metres of drilling work has been completed so far out of the 86 metres needed to reach the 41 trapped workers in the Silkyara tunnel, as per officials.
National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) Managing Director Mahmood Ahmad on Sunday informed that a total of 19.2 meters of vertical drilling has been completed at Uttarkashi's tunnel where 41 workers remained trapped.