Key Points
Pushkar Singh Airi, 22, is one of the workers who is trapped inside the under-construction Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi after a portion of it collapsed on November 12..
Upon receiving Pushkar's news, his elder brother Vikram immediately set out for Uttarkashi and is currently at the site..
Pushkar's uncle Mahendra Singh Airi told India Today that it was only two months ago when Pushkar had visited his home in Chhinigoth, sharing that he worked as a labourer on an all-weather project in Uttarkashi...
As operations to rescue 41 workers trapped in the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi entered the 8th day, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) decided to initiate a rescue operation on four different fronts, each managed by a different agency...
After speaking to some of the trapped workers, their family members told PTI that the voices of those stuck inside were getting weaker and their strength seemingly dimming...
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