Rescue operation

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A team of 6 specialists have reached the site to undertake the manual drilling work and rescue 41 workers stuck in the Silkyara tunnel.

A team from Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) is now on standby mode to initiate vertical drilling from top of the Silkyara-Barkot tunnel to rescue the trapped 41 labourers

During the drilling on Friday evening, a mesh of rods came in front of the machine, due to which the blades of the Auger machine got stuck in the mesh of the rods.

The Uttarkashi tunnel rescue operation is in final stages after the damaged auger drilling machine was repaired and the operation resumed

A broad pipe has been paid till 45 metres. A 41-bed hospital has been readied at the community health centre in Chinyalisaur for immediate medical assistance for the rescued workers.

The rescue efforts in Uttarkashi tunnel have encountered various challenges, with intermittent pauses attributed to factors such as fumes produced by the diesel-driven machinery, vibrations, and technical malfunctions in drilling equipment.

A high performance drilling machine is used to drill though the debris to workers trapped inside the collapsed tunnel in Uttarkashi