The rescue team engaged with the workers using an endoscopic flexicam inserted through the pipeline, facilitating the identification of all 41 trapped individuals.
The local administration informed on Saturday that it would deploy a tree-cutting expert as part of the ongoing efforts to extricate 40 workers trapped inside the tunnel for seven days now.
For six days, including Saturday, workers remained trapped following the collapse of a section of the Silkyara tunnel under construction on November 12th.
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