Members of rescue groups use an auger inside a tunnel the place staff have been trapped since 12 November, 2023, after the tunnel collapsed in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi. REUTERS
The second of secure recuse of 41 staff trapped inside an under-construction tunnel in Uttarkashi is approaching. Amid this, NDRF has demonstrated how will probably be pulling out the labourers on wheeled stretchers via a giant pipe that has been pushed via the rubble to achieve them.
A video shared on Friday confirmed a staff of the Nationwide Catastrophe Response Power (NDRF) demonstrating the usage of wheeled stretchers to tug out trapped staff contained in the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi as soon as the horizontal pipe reaches the opposite aspect.
The video exhibits how every employee must lie low on the wheeled stretcher after which the NDRF personnel will pull it with the assistance of a rope.
On Thursday, a staff of NDRF entered the tunnel geared up with rescue gear.
By Thursday, the federal government’s horizontal drilling reached about 67 per cent completion, having drilled the escape pipeline to a distance of 45 metres, with a remaining 12 metres to achieve the world the place 41 staff are trapped behind the rubble.
In the meantime, drilling work will begin shortly on Friday.
The operation to rescue 41 trapped staff in Uttarakhand was paused late on Thursday night after a mechanical glitch. This was the third time that the drilling train had been halted.
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The under-construction tunnel is a part of the bold Char Dham venture, a nationwide infrastructure initiative to boost connectivity to the pilgrimage websites of Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri, and Yamunotri.
“Hopefully, we will be able to move ahead smoothly. May get breakthrough in next 12 to 15 hours,” Bhaskar Khulbe, former advisor to the prime minister’s workplace stated.
Employees trapped contained in the Uttarkashi tunnel have been seen for the primary time on Tuesday (21 November) as a digicam inserted via a pipe captured their visuals.
The employees have been trapped inside after a portion of the under-construction tunnel caved in on 12 November. Earlier this week, an endoscopic flexi digicam was pushed contained in the tunnel via a six-inch pipe inserted via the rubble to ship meals to the trapped staff.
The visuals captured within the digicam confirmed the labourers of their laborious hats and work gear, waving to the digicam, speaking that they have been coping properly.
In the meantime, officers on the spot stated all of the trapped staff are secure and are being provided meals and water via metal pipes which have been drilled into the opening.