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Uttarkashi tunnel collapse news: Forty-one workers have been trapped inside an under-construction tunnel in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi since it collapsed on November 12 following falling debris due to a landslide from the Silkyara side..
A number of teams have also arrived from across India with a number of mechanical equipments at the tunnel site to aid the operation..
Rubble drilling from above was also considered which involves drilling 86 metres down.Stranded workers were provided with mobile phones through a 6-inch pipe to get them involved and so that they could play video games, informed senior official involved in the rescue operation..
You can spend your time playing because there is a lot of space inside the tunnel where the workers are trapped, so cricket can be played easily."International tunnelling expert Arnold Dix informed that the trapped workers will be out by Christmas."Uttarakhand.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami informed that once the stuck equipment is taken out from the planned escape passage manual drilling would resume.Around a 47-metre stretch of the rescue passage has been bored and further rescue operations would involve manual drilling under which individual workers will drill for a short period in confined space and take turns.On Saturday, heavy vertical drilling equipment was brought to the Silkyara site through a half-kilometre hill road that was constructed in the last few days by the Border Road Organisation (BRO)...
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