Key Points
Even before the Great Himalayan Rescue saw the Tunnel Horror Ends (India Today) Tuesday night, television news channels offered us Good news in 24 hours (News 24) Monday..
They filled the airwaves and the cool mountain air with glad tidings Jeet Gayi Zindagi! was the favourite headline across Hindi news channels.When the toughest operation the world has ever seen (India Today) approached its nail-biting last minutes (Times Now), news channels hooted with joy:Zindagi Zindabad or Zindagi Milegi Dobara, they said in unison, altering the name of Zoya Akhtars 2011 film, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara...
The rescue workers became super humans (CNN News 18), who moved mountains to save men (NDTV 247), the manual rat miners were showered with petals of praise Machines fail, hands win (India Today) and DD News was the first to recognise the efforts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who took out time each day for the latest updates from the Silkyara tunnel where the workers were trapped, it said...
The feel-good factor continued well into Wednesday as news channels spoke to everyone they could: doctors, CM Dhami, rescue and rescued workers, Gen V K Singh, and watched the helicopter with the workers take off for Rishikesh and a medical check-up..
Finally, when all the dust has settled, the garlands have been discarded, the super heroes and PM Modi complimented (NDTV 247),it was time to ask questions which is exactly what India Today did on Wednesday: Norms flouted in Uttarkashi tunnels?.
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