Uttarkashi Tunnel Collapse: Pipe laying completed, workers to be evacuated soon
Since November 12, when a section of the tunnel collapsed, trapping the workers within, the tunnel has been closed. November 28 marks the 16th day of the rescue operation and the workers will hopefully be out of the tunnel.
The escape pipe-laying work inside the Silkyara tunnel, where efforts to rescue 41 trapped workers are underway, has been concluded, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami posted on Social Media on November 28. According to officials, workers will be rescued by evening. (Image: PTI)
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Officials said on Tuesday that rescue personnel bore through a 60-metre stretch of rubble from the collapsed Silkyara tunnel, where 41 workers have been trapped for the past 16 days. (Image: PTI)
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After the heavy-duty auger drilling machine became trapped in the rubble on Friday, officials decided to revert to manual boring to break through the last 10 metres. Twelve rat-hole mining professionals were called in to complete the last length of drilling in a restricted space using hand-held instruments. (Image: ANI)
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As the rescue operation continues, ambulances are being prepared outside the tunnel. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel along with other rescue operatives gather near the face of the collapsed under construction Silkyara tunnel in the Uttarkashi. (Image: PTI)
According to the practice drill, each worker will lie down on a wheeled stretcher that will be brought outside by rescue workers using ropes. This was supposed to take two or three hours. (Image: PTI)
