Following the auger machine setback, the Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited on Sunday started vertical drilling. The rescuers have to drill down nearly 84 m from the top, with 15 m already drilled. SJVNL is hopeful of completing this task in the next few days if they do not encounter any hurdle.
The rescue operation to evacuate 41 trapped workers in a Uttarakhand tunnel for 15 days received another major blow as the giant drill working on their rescue collapsed. The Indian Army was called in to join the operation and was tasked with the manual drilling.
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An official said that if the American Auger machine is removed from the pipeline by plasma cutters by evening, then the tunnel work can be completed in 15 hours.