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Uttarkashi Tunnel Collapse: As Workers Continue To Be Trapped On Day 11, Officials Estimate Rescue Time To Be Anywhere Between 2 To 15 Days

National Disaster Management Authority member Lt Gen (retd) Syed Ata Hasnain and Road Transport and Highways secretary Anurag Jain told reporters in Delhi바카라 웹사이트that the focus was back on horizontal drilling to rescue the trapped workers. Jain said the work started in the morning in Silkyara, and if everything goes well it should be over in two or two and a half days.

Rescue operation underway in Uttarkashi
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Efforts to rescue the 41 trapped labourers in Silkyara tunnel entered a critical phase on Tuesday after being stalled since November 17 with바카라 웹사이트rescuers creating space for a vertical drilling platform by cutting into the mountain above the tunnel. Officials estimated that if all goes to plan, the horizontal drilling process should be over in two or two and a half days,바카라 웹사이트but alternative routes might take a maximum of 15 days.바카라 웹사이트

The workers were supplied veg pulao, matar-paneer, and chapatis slapped with butter for dinner Tuesday night through a바카라 웹사이트food pipe stuck through the collapsed part of the structure.바카라 웹사이트

First visuals of the 41 trapped workers surfaced on Tuesday after바카라 웹사이트rescuers pushed a six-inch pipeline through 53 metres of rubble to reach them. The visuals were captured through an endoscopic camera pushed바카라 웹사이트through this pipeline. The visuals that바카라 웹사이트showed that the workers were doing fine바카라 웹사이트brought hope to relatives who are camping there for days.

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