Workers exit collapsed Silkyara tunnel after 17 days, CM Pushkar Singh Dhami announces review of upcoming routes

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41 workers were rescued from a collapsed section of the Silkyara-Barkot tunnel on Tuesday evening after some 400 hours in the dark..

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami announced on Tuesday night that each of the rescued individuals would be given 1 lakh..

Now preparations have been started to evacuate the workers safely," Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami tweeted as the workers began to emerge..

The two lawmakers went straight to the Baba Baukhnag temple after the last ambulance had left. . Chants of 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' and 'Modi hai to Mumkin hai' rang out as the multi-agency rescue operation concluded on Monday evening. Locals were also seen distributing sweets outside the Silkyara tunnel as the rescue efforts continued..

If the workers are brought here, they can be given good medical care. A team of doctors has been constituted to be sent to Uttarkashi, if ordered by the state government," Assistant Professor Dr Narinder Kumar had told ANI earlier on Tuesday. ..

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