Recently the news has come on the internet that the rescue operation of 41 workers inside Uttrakashi’s Silkyara tunnel might take a long time as the saving teams have been facing fresh challenges daily while digging the tunnel. This incident happened on 12 November 2023, Diwali day, when a part of the under-construction tunnel on Uttarakhand’s Char Dham route crumpled following a landslide cutting off the exit for the employees inside. Currently, this news has been gaining huge attention from the people as they are also keen to know about the whole information about the news. Here we have more information about the news and we will share it with you in this article.
The employees have been in a built-up two-kilometre stretch of the tunnel. This news has been making headlines on the internet as they are super curious to know about top updates. 1. National Highway and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) Managing Director Mahmood Ahmad on Sunday announced that a total of 19.2 meters of vertical drilling was conducted. “We have to drill roughly 86 meters to be done within four days that is by 30 November. There will be no other limitations and the work will be completed on time.” Scroll down to the next page for more information about the news.
2. Vertical drilling of 86 meters has been needed to reach the crust of the Uttarkashi’s tunnel where 41 employees remained trapped, as per the National Disaster Management Authority.
3. According to the drilling progresses, 700-mm wide pipes are being inserted to make an escape passage. A little distance away, a thinner, 200-mm probe is being pushed in, It has come to the 70-meter marl.
4. The previous day, a plasma cutter was airlifted from Hyderabad to increase the gas cutter. By evening, only 8.15 meters of the 47 meters of the auger shaft that was pushed into the debris remained to be cut and removed.
5. Rescue workers are going to start drilling from Tuesday a 180-metre alternative escape tunnel into the side of the hill. This could take 12-14 days. Earlier the auger was completely removed, and saviors will assume another fresh approach – manual drilling to clear the remaining 10 or 12-metre stretch of rubble. One employee would enter the steel chute laid so far and use the drill, and another man would send the debris out through a pulley. Here we have shared all the information that we had. Stay tuned to us for more updates.