Work of manual drilling to rescue the 41 workers trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel continued on Tuesday morning, 17 days after the under-construction tunnel collapsed is continuing and experts are hoping for some good news by the end of today.
As per the latest update, pipe has been inserted up to 55.3 metres.
Micro Tunnelling expert Chris Cooper said this morning that 3 metres of manual drilling has been done so far and that a total of 50 metres of drilling work has been completed so far. The team his hopeful of completing this today, he added.
As per official sources, about 57 metres of drilling work from the mouth of the tunnel, is to be done in total to lay a pipe inside the tunnel to reach the trapped workers.
Rat-hole miners are carrying out the manual drilling work which has been going on since Monday night.
First visuals of the drilling also surfaced on Tuesday morning
#WATCH | Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand) tunnel rescue | Visuals from the Silkyara tunnel where the operation to rescue 41 workers is ongoing.
— ANI (@ANI) November 28, 2023
First visuals of manual drilling ongoing inside the rescue tunnel. Auger machine is being used for pushing the pipe. So far about 2 meters of… pic.twitter.com/kXNbItQSQR
Earlier the rescuers had completed about 47 metres of drilling work using the auger machine to lay the pipe. The drilling work was put on hold as the auger machine got stuck in the debris, which was later cut and removed using a plasma cutter.
(With ANI inputs)
#WATCH | Uttarkashi tunnel rescue operation | Union Minister Nitin Gadkari says "I am extremely happy that the 41 workers trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel have been successfully rescued. All the agencies under the leadership of PMO have worked day and night. I want to extend my… pic.twitter.com/aTyhdXj4xm
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#UPDATE | Uttarkashi tunnel rescue: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami and took update on the rescue efforts
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All 41 workers trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand since November 12, have been successfully rescued. pic.twitter.com/xQq2EfAPuq
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Uttarkashi tunnel rescue | Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami meets the workers who have been rescued from inside the Silkyara tunnel. pic.twitter.com/8fgMiHPkAD
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#WATCH | Uttarkashi tunnel rescue | Ambulances leave from the Silkyara tunnel site as 35 workers among the 41 workers trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand since November 12 have been successfully rescued. pic.twitter.com/K5hboVEa0I
— ANI (@ANI) November 28, 2023
#UPDATE 33 among the 41 workers trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand since November 12 have been successfully rescued.
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#WATCH | Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand) tunnel rescue: Locals distribute sweets outside Silkyara tunnel as trapped workers are being rescued from the tunnel pic.twitter.com/oASZAy8unf
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15 among 41 trapped workers rescued from Silkyara tunnel
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#UPDATE | Five workers among the 41 workers trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand since November 12 have been successfully rescued.
— ANI (@ANI) November 28, 2023
Currently, all the labourers are in the safety tunnel inside the Silkyara tunnel.
Uttarkashi: First worker evacuated from Silkyara tunnel; rescue operation underway
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Chinook helicopter present at Chinyalisaur airstrip to airlift the workers after their rescue from Silkyara tunnel.
Uttarkashi tunnel rescue | Chinook helicopter present at Chinyalisaur airstrip to airlift the workers after their rescue from Silkyara tunnel. pic.twitter.com/c2MUPd0JyH
— ANI (@ANI) November 28, 2023
While addressing a press conference on Tuesday, Lieutenant General (Retd.) Syed Ata Hasnain, Member, NDMA said, "We are near a breakthrough but not yet there. Manual work has carried on and we have reached 58 metres. The debris had been cut and the work was going on the entire night. Our rat miners, experts and Army engineers have been able to take it to 58 metres and the pipe has been pushed with the help of the auger machine..."
#WATCH | Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand) tunnel rescue | Lieutenant General (Retd.) Syed Ata Hasnain, Member, NDMA, says "We are near a breakthrough but not yet there. Manual work has carried on and we have reached 58 metres. The debris had been cut and the work was going on the entire… pic.twitter.com/u07ybYpjgU
— ANI (@ANI) November 28, 2023
Uttarakhand | Latest picture of Uttarkashi Tunnel rescue operation that is underway to rescue the 41 trapped workers pic.twitter.com/PSF7jWcXNo
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While speaking to ANI, Akshet Katyaal, MD, Accurate Concrete Solutions informed that a breakthrough has been achieved and the pipe has passed through.
#WATCH | Uttarkashi tunnel rescue | Akshet Katyaal, MD, Accurate Concrete Solutions says "...The pipe has been pushed inside very cautiously without any hurdle, a breakthrough has been achieved and the pipe has passed through. The work to rescue labourers has started. There are… pic.twitter.com/CNt1qdSqvB
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Due to the rescue operation, a temporary medical facility has been expanded inside the tunnel. After evacuating the trapped workers, health training will be done at this place. In case of any problem, 8 beds are arranged by the health department and a team of doctors and experts are deployed.
#WATCH | Uttarkashi tunnel rescue | Due to the rescue operation, a temporary medical facility has been expanded inside the tunnel. After evacuating the trapped workers, health training will be done at this place. In case of any problem, 8 beds are arranged by the health… pic.twitter.com/ehAXzwd5dV
— ANI (@ANI) November 28, 2023
Preparations complete at Community Health Center Chinyalisaur for the treatment of 41 workers who will be brought here after they are rescued and brought out of Silkyara tunnel.
#WATCH | Uttarkashi tunnel rescue | Preparations complete at Community Health Center Chinyalisaur for the treatment of 41 workers who will be brought here after they are rescued and brought out of Silkyara tunnel. pic.twitter.com/MZJUZ8F0x8
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#WATCH | Garlands brought to Silkyara tunnel rescue site in anticipation of early rescue of 41 trapped workers#Uttarakhand pic.twitter.com/71opSj1sKt
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#WATCH | Uttarkashi tunnel rescue | Union Minister General VK Singh (Retd), former advisor of PMO Bhaskar Khulbe and former Engineer-In-Chief and BRO DG Lieutenant General Harpal Singh (Retd) come out of the Silkyara tunnel.
— ANI (@ANI) November 28, 2023
Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami tweeted that the… pic.twitter.com/PonzSJanwK
CM Dhami tweets, “As a result of the immense grace of Baba Baukh Nag Ji, prayers of crores of countrymen and the tireless work of all the rescue teams engaged in the rescue operation, the work of laying pipes in the tunnel to take out the workers has been completed. Soon all the labor brothers will be taken out.”
बाबा बौख नाग जी की असीम कृपा, करोड़ों देशवासियों की प्रार्थना एवं रेस्क्यू ऑपरेशन में लगे सभी बचाव दलों के अथक परिश्रम के फलस्वरूप श्रमिकों को बाहर निकालने के लिए टनल में पाइप डालने का कार्य पूरा हो चुका है। शीघ्र ही सभी श्रमिक भाइयों को बाहर निकाल लिया जाएगा।
— Pushkar Singh Dhami (@pushkardhami) November 28, 2023
#WATCH | Uttarkashi tunnel rescue | The ambulance went inside the Silkyara tunnel comes out now.
— ANI (@ANI) November 28, 2023
As per the latest update, the pipe has been inserted up to 55.3 metres and one more pipe has to be welded and pushed in. pic.twitter.com/7YZxV1rCIm
#WATCH | Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand) tunnel rescue | Latest drone visuals show the latest status of the operation to rescue the 41 workers trapped inside Silkyara tunnel.
— ANI (@ANI) November 28, 2023
Uttarakhand tweets, "...work of inserting the pipe inside the tunnel is complete. All the workers will be… pic.twitter.com/D9vUjJyRMP
While addressing media, MD of NHIDCL informed that both horizontal and verticle drilling in ongoing. Work is ongoing, we have not stopped any of our various options. As far as horizontal drilling through the debris is concerned, the one being done inside the tunnel is complete up to 55.3 metres. We are doing this through manual excavation. After that, we do de-mucking. Pipe pushing follows this...Perhaps we will need 5-6 metres more.
#WATCH | Uttarkashi tunnel rescue | Mahmood Ahmad, the MD of National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) says, "Vertical drilling is being done by SJVNL; drilling up to 44 metres out of the total 86 metres is complete...THDC executed 7th blast… pic.twitter.com/VVz2Vs3nGj
— ANI (@ANI) November 28, 2023
#WATCH | Uttarkashi tunnel rescue | Uttarakhand Secretary and Nodal Officer for Silkayara rescue operation Neeraj Khairwal says, "...As of now, we have pushed in the pipe 55.3 metres. Only a little more distance remains...It might be somewhere between 57-59 metres...It might take… pic.twitter.com/SpdbAKBS5P
— ANI (@ANI) November 28, 2023
#WATCH | Uttarkashi tunnel rescue | Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami says, "PM collects details on the workers every day. Today, he sought information about the relatives of the workers - arrangements for them, accommodation for them, their condition and the condition of people… pic.twitter.com/csIyoYumBe
— ANI (@ANI) November 28, 2023
#WATCH | Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand) tunnel rescue | Micro tunnelling expert Chris Cooper says, "We are still mining...Everybody is very excited and energetic...Let us see what happens. We have stopped vertical drilling and the focus is on manual drilling..." pic.twitter.com/U1I2jCr2Nb
— ANI (@ANI) November 28, 2023
#WATCH | Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand) tunnel rescue | Micro tunnelling expert Chris Cooper says, "...We are still mining. We have got a couple of more metres to go...We are expecting to see some results by 5 pm. 2-3 metres are left..." pic.twitter.com/cnmjzdAqoQ
— ANI (@ANI) November 28, 2023
An ambulance being taken inside the tunnel. As per the latest update, pipe has been inserted up to 55.3 metres.
#WATCH | Uttarkashi tunnel rescue | Ambulances seen at the site of rescue. Army, SDRF and all other agencies at the site.
— ANI (@ANI) November 28, 2023
As per the latest update, pipe has been inserted upto 55.3 metres. pic.twitter.com/DsD4aJNpiH
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