Since a tunnel in Uttarkashi collapsed, where 40 workers have been trapped inside the tunnel, this news has been making headlines keeping everyone engaged as the rescue teams and emergency personnel have been relentlessly working at Uttarkashi tunnel to pull out the laborers from inside the collapsed tunnel. Today is the 10th day since the tunnel collapsed in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi. Kindly note that the tunnel collapsed in Uttarkashi and was under construction at that time, therefore, 40 workers who were working at the opening of the tunnel were stuck inside the tunnel after its collapse. We have some key updates about the rescue operations. If you are scrambling to the web regarding the latest updates of the Uttarkashi tunnel collapse, you should stick with this page and read it till the end. Drag down the page.
Positive Updates May Arrive From Uttarkashi Tunnel Collapse
Reportedly, on Tuesday, November 21, 2023, i.e. yesterday, the Additional Secretary Technical, Road and Transport, Mahmood Ahmed said that the time from that night was the most crucial and that if everything happened right, some good news would come up the next 40 hours. The additional secretary further added that the rescue teams have been pushing 800 mm diameter pipes instead of 900 mm pipes which they were trying earlier, with the telescoping method. Continue reading this article and learn more details.
Mahmood Ahmed further added that the rescue teams were pushing 800 mm diameter pipes with the telescoping method. ANI quoted Mahmood Ahmed as saying on Tuesday, “We started the process of horizontal drilling from this morning on. Last week, four 900-mm-diameter pipes of 6 meters each were pushed to 21-22 meters before they hit an obstacle. Now we have decided that we will lay an 800-mm-diameter pipe through the telescoping method. We have started that work. After that, we will do further drilling inside it through the American Auger machine. For us, the entire day from tonight until tomorrow on is most important,”
NDMA (National Disaster Management Authority) is also sharing details about the progress made indirection to reach the trapped workers. Currently, the rescue team’s focus is on horizontal digging instead of finding a route through vertical digging as vertical drilling faces some challenges due to rock formation. Mahmood added that from 22 to 45 meters out of the total 60-meter horizontal drilling is rubble from the Silkyara end. Ahmed said, “We are doing the horizontal drilling from the other (Barkot) side and the work has been assigned to Tehri Hydro Development Corporation Limited (THDC),