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Family members of trapped workers are carrying blankets and warm clothes, India Today reported..
The evacuated workers will be taken to AIIMS-Rishikesh for health check-ups..
In a major breakthrough, the rescue teams on Monday evacuated 17 of 41 workers trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi since November 12..
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, who was there a the collapse site,met the evacuated workers soon after they were brought out of the tunnel."The work of evacuating the labourers trapped in the Silkyara Tunnel has started..
Initial health checkup of all the workers is being done in the temporary medical camp built in the tunnel." tweeted Dhami.. 8 ..
