Uttarkashi Tunnel Collapse Live Update: Another drilling machine airlifted from Indore as rescue operation halts

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Catch LIVE updates of Uttarkashi tunnel collapse recue operation with LivemintThe National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notices to the authorities concerned, including the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL), on a petition claiming lack of some protection works on the Gangotri National Highway in Uttarkashi district of Uttrakhand.According to the petition, NHIDCL failed to take action for the construction of a landslide protection gallery, slope protection work and river protection work.The 4531-metre Silkyara Tunnel is part of the Chardham Project of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and will link the Gangotri and Yamunotri axis under the Radi pass area.Another high-performance drilling machine airlifted from Indore in Madhya Pradesh arrived in Silkyara on Saturday where its three parts will be assembled before it is deployed for drilling, officials on the spot said. Meanwhile, the number of workers who have been trapped inside the tunnel since Sunday has been revised to 41.