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.
Assisting in the rescue operations underway to evacuate 41 workers trapped in the Silkyara tunnel collapse in Uttarakhand, three aircrafts of the Indian Air Force airlifted another 36 tonnes of critical equipment on Monday.
"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.
Tunnelling expert Arnold Dix arrives at Uttarkashi tunnel collapse site. Professor Arnold Dix specialises in underground and transportation infrastructure
Union minister Nitin Gadkari, who visited the Uttarkashi tunnel collapse site on Sunday, said he expects the rescuers will be able to reach the victims who are trapped inside it in another two to two-and-a-half-day.
Speaking to ANI after a high-level meeting on the decision, Jain said, "The government has taken a decision to work on all fronts to save the precious lives of the labourers trapped in the tunnel at Silkyara. Today in a high-level meeting, various options were examined based on technical
Amid the ongoing efforts to rescue the workers trapped in the Uttarkashi tunnel, a portion of which caved in earlier, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami will on Sunday conduct an on-site inspection of the operations, the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) informed through an offici
The Army has been tasked with constructing a track to the top of the hill so that the option of reaching out to trapped workers through vertical drilling can be availed of. After a week of ongoing Uttarkashi tunnel recuse operation, Indian Army has now also been actively enrolled in the r
According to an official release from the Chief Minister's Office (CMO), "Chief Minister Dhami said that the state government will provide accommodation, food and health facilities to the families of the workers."