Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Trucks arrive with pipes to aid in rescue of worker
Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Oxygen supply continues, efforts underway to rescue trapped workers with steel pipe The authorities said that a platform is being prepared for an auger machine to drill horizontally and insert large 900 mm diameter MS pipes in between the debris so that the trapped workers can be taken out through the metal pipes. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday conducted an on-site inspection of the rescue operations.
‘Pray to god, oxygen supplied through debris’: Rescue operation underway to save 40 workers in Uttarkashi tunnel "I myself visited the spot and conducted an on-site inspection and am constantly keeping an eye on the rescue operations. Arrangements have been made to send large diameter hume pipes from Haridwar and Dehradun for rescue operations," Dhami said.
Uttarkashi tunnel news: NDRF ‘hopes to evacuate workers by evening’; CM Dhami inspects site Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw have also inquired about the trapped workers and taken stalk of the situation. As per the statement by Uttarkashi Superintendant of Police (SP) Arpan Yaduvanshi, the rescue work may be over by Tuesday (14 November).
Contact is being maintained with the trapped labourers and the assurance that a huge rescue operation is being carried out by various agencies to evacuate them has also boosted their morale, NHIDCL Executive Director Col (retd.) Sandip Sudehra said. Uttarakhand news: Under construction tunnel collapses in Uttarkashi; 36 trapped, over 160 rescue personnel deployed He said that out of the 60 metres of debris, over 20 metres of debris had been cleared and they expected to evacuate the 40 people trapped inside by Tuesday night.
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