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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday lauded the rescue operations to evacuate all the workers who were trapped inside Uttarkashi's Silkyara tunnel from the last 17 days..
During the evacuation process, all the trapped workers were successfully pulled out from the tunnel in less than an hour...
Soon after the workers were pulled out at sent to a makeshift hospital for treatment, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to X (formerly known as Twitter) and said that it was a "matter of great satisfaction" for him...
I wish all of you good health and a speedy recovery, the Prime Minister said.. PM Modi, further in the tweet, also said that it was incredibly satisfying that after a prolonged wait, the workers will now reunite with their loved ones...
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