Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday wished for the safety of 41 workers trapped in Uttarakhand's Silkyara tunnel and urged the Government to provide proper compensation to them.
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As per the Director of National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation (NHIDCL), Anshu Manish Khulko, the machine for vertical drilling from the upper part of the mountain above the tunnel will arrive in 1 to 2 days.
The rescuers on the 10th day at the Silkyara tunnel site here attempted 'horizontal drilling' and fed trapped workers with solid cooked food simultaneously on Tuesday.
As the ongoing operation to extricate 41 labourers trapped inside the collapsed portion of the under-construction Silkyara tunnel of Uttarkashi entered its tenth day, rescuers on Tuesday packed solid food items such as veg pulao and matar paneer for them.
With the rescuers focusing on the 'horizontal drilling' method to evacuate 41 labourers trapped in the Silkyara tunnel, an official on Tuesday said that the time from tonight is the 'most crucial' and that if everything goes right, some 'good news' will come up in the next 40 hours.
On the tenth day of rescue operations at the Silkyara tunnel collapse site in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, a significant milestone was achieved as rescuers reached the tunnel with a vertical drilling machine from the upper part of the hill above the tunnel. This development comes as 41 labour
On the ninth day of rescue operations at the Silkyara tunnel collapse site here, rescuers on Monday achieved a 'breakthrough' by pushing a six-inch-wide pipeline through the rubble of the collapsed portion, where 41 labourers are trapped.
Hours after an alternative six-inch lifeline pipe reached the Silkyara tunnel, where 41 labourers have been trapped for over a week, rescuers are filling Khichdi in cylindrical bottles to be sent to the stranded workers.
"Because there is darkness in that tunnel as well as lack of oxygen, the government is making every effort to rescue the trapped workers, along with this oxygen and food, drinks and medicines are being supplied to the workers. So that apart from being physically fit, he also remains menta
A six-inch pipe has been laid at the Silkyara tunnel through which nutritious food and medicines could be supplied to the 41 labourers, trapped for over a week after parts of the under-construction structure collapsed following a landslide.
As the rescuers race against time to evacuate the 41 trapped labourers into an under-construction tunnel in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi, a team of DRDO robotics has also reached their location to be of help.