Uttarakhand Tunnel Live Updates:?Fifteen workers among the 41 workers trapped inside the Silkyara?tunnel?in Uttarakhand since November 12, have been successfully rescued.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami met the workers who have been rescued along with Union Minister of State General (Retd) VK Singh.
A portion of the?tunnel?caved in on November 12, the debris falling in the 60-metre stretch on the Silkyara side of the?tunnel, trapping 41 labourers inside the under-construction structure.
"The exact time of breakthrough was 7:05 pm. Uttarakhand CM, Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways and Civil Aviation Gen VK Singh are present there," says Harpal Singh, Project Head, Zoji-la?Tunnel.
CM Dhami highly appreciated the morale and courage of the workers and personnel engaged in the rescue operation.
Meanwhile, NDRF and SDRF personnel entered the?tunnel?for rescue to rescue the workers.
Earlier today, Uttarakhand CM and other officials reached the Silkyara?tunnel?rescue site.
A portion of the?tunnel?caved in on November 12, the debris falling in the 60-metre stretch on the Silkyara side of the?tunnel, trapping 41 labourers inside the under-construction structure.?
For further updates on this ongoing rescue operation, you can follow the live updates on Indiatimes.com's Uttarakhand tunnel rescue Live blog. The successful laying of pipes brings hope for the imminent evacuation of the trapped workers, providing a ray of optimism in this challenging situation.
With Agency Inputs
Fifteen workers among the 41 workers trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand since November 12, have been successfully rescued.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami met the workers who have been rescued along with Union Minister of State General (Retd) VK Singh.
A portion of the tunnel caved in on November 12, the debris falling in the 60-metre stretch on the Silkyara side of the tunnel, trapping 41 labourers inside the under-construction structure.
"The exact time of breakthrough was 7:05 pm. Uttarakhand CM, Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways and Civil Aviation Gen VK Singh are present there," says Harpal Singh, Project Head, Zoji-la Tunnel.
Officials in India said Tuesday they were on the verge of rescuing the 41 construction workers trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel for over two weeks in the country's north, after rescuers drilled their way through debris to reach them.
The workers are to be pulled out through a passageway made of welded pipes which rescuers pushed through dirt and rocks.
¡°Soon all the laborers brothers will be taken out,¡± Pushkar Singh Dhami, top official in Uttarakhand state, where the accident occurred, posted on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
Kirti Panwar, a state government spokesperson, said about a dozen men had worked overnight to manually dig through rocks and debris, taking turns to drill using hand-held drilling tools and clearing out the muck in what he said was the final stretch of the rescue operation.