![]() The six-inch wide tube for supplying food and other essential items to the workers had travelled 57 metres. The two hurdles in two days have come as a blow to anxious relatives camping at the site for the past several days.īefore the brief period of drilling on Friday, 46.8 metres of the 800 mm wide steel pipe had been pushed into the drilled passage -– out of the collapsed stretch estimated to be about 60 metres long. Rescue workers suggested in the evening that the drill bit was now being pulled out through the passage already bored by the machine. Once this steel chute crosses the stretch of debris of the collapsed portion, the trapped workers would be pulled out on wheeled stretchers. The multi-agency rescue effort began November 12 when a portion of the under-construction tunnel on Uttarakhand's Char Dham route collapsed, trapping workers who were still inside.Īs the machine drills, six-metre sections of a steel pipe are welded together and pushed into the narrow passage. According to one official, the boring continued for about an hour before the drill bit hit the metal girder. Those problems were set right earlier in the day and the 25-tonne machine was restarted in the evening. The member also mentioned that as many as six plans are being executed to rescue the workers but the best option so far is horizontal drilling under which 47 meters of drilling have been completed.Uttarkashi, Nov 24 (PTI) Drilling at the collapsed Silkyara tunnel to rescue 41 men trapped inside for 12 days was halted again on Friday, in yet another setback to the multi-agency effort.Īn official said the auger drilling machine faced a hurdle, apparently a metal object, a little after drilling resumed Friday, a day after officials had put the operation on hold following technical problems. National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Member Lt Gen (retd) Syed Ata Hasnain told reporters here that all efforts are going on to rescue the workers.Ĭonsidered as the second best option, the work on vertical drilling started around noon and 15 meters of drilling has already been completed, Hasnain said.Īfter 86 meters of vertical drilling, the crust of the tunnel will have to be broken to bring out the trapped workers, he added. The National Disaster Management Authority on Sunday said that work is on to retrieve broken parts of the auger machine and start manual digging while vertical drilling has also started to bring out 41 workers trapped in Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi for the last 14 days. ![]() , 05:28:05 PM IST Vertical drilling, horizontals drilling, NDMA puts in place 6 plans to rescue workers Many of their families have traveled to the accident site, where they have camped out for days to get updates on the rescue effort and in hopes of seeing their relatives soon.Ĭatch the latest updates on Uttarkashi tunnel's rescue work here: Most of the trapped workers are migrant laborers from across the country. Besides oxygen is also being supplied through a separate pipe. ![]() Meanwhile, the Uttarakhand government is supplying hot meals made of rice and lentils through a 6-inch (15-centimeter) pipe to the trapped workers. So far the rescuers have drilled through 46 meters (151 feet) and needed to excavate up to 12 meters (40 feet) more to create a passageway. The rescue team who were trying to reach the trapped workers inside the collapsed tunnel stopped drilling on Friday again after their boring machine hit a new metal obstruction in rock debris. Uttarkashi tunnel rescue LIVE: The rescue operation has again stopped at the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi district where 41 workers have been trapped for two weeks. ![]()
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