Rescuers to use manual drift process for trapped workers

India county Coal FIVE Highways

27.11.2023 - 20:07

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Coal India and NHIDCL. Also, SJVNL’s machine for the vertical rescue tunnel construction has started its work and has already drilled over 30.8 metres or just over a third of the distance to reach the trapped workers.

THDC has also started to construct a rescue tunnel from the Barkot end, with six blasts already completed, resulting in a 12-meter drift. Three blasts per day are planned.

RVNL is transporting machinery for micro-tunneling through horizontal drilling to rescue the labourers. Five government agencies have been brought in to look at all options to rescue the workers.

These include National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL), Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC), Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVNL), Tehri Hydro Development Corporation Ltd (THDC) and Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) have been assigned one option each.Milestone Alert!
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