Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Drilling to prepare an escape passage for 41 workers - trapped at Silkyara tunnel collapse site for a week now - remained suspended on Sunday, while Union Minister Nitin Gadkari who reviewed the rescue operation said another large diameter pipeline was being pushed through the rubble to provide essential supplies to them. India News | Drilling Remains Suspended at Silkyara Tunnel for Yet Another Day, Gadkari Reviews Rescue Operation.
Uttarkashi: Drilling to prepare an escape passage for 41 workers - trapped at Silkyara tunnel collapse site for a week now - remained suspended on Sunday,
The minister said the workers are trapped in an area of the tunnel where they can move around. They have electricity, open space, food, water and oxygen.
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No drilling had begun at the site till Sunday evening but officials said preparations are on to restart the auger machine to bore through the rubble and insert large diametre steel pipes to prepare an escape route for the trapped workers