Rescue efforts in Silkyara, Uttarkashi, have made progress after 13 days of tunnel collapse, with a 25-ton platform undergoing reinforcement and a possible restart of rescue operations.
The rescue team engaged with the workers using an endoscopic flexicam inserted through the pipeline, facilitating the identification of all 41 trapped individuals.
Union Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways, VK Singh, assessed the ongoing rescue operation in the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi, expressing the government's commitment to complete it within two to three days.
Currently, food and water are provided inside the tunnel. The NHIDCL Tunnel Project Director confirms machine installation completion and is confident of a successful rescue today.
On the third day of rescue operations in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, efforts persisted to save 40 laborers trapped in a collapsed tunnel between Silkyara and Dandalgaon on the Yamunotri National Highway