As soon as the information about the collapse of a portion of an under-construction tunnel on Yamunotri national highway in Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand, was received at the PMO on November 12, Mishra informed Prime Minister Narendra Modi, officials said.
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We were able to bring several agencies and achieved coordination in such a manner that rescue operations could be carried out effectively with the best possible solutions: Bhaskar Khulbe, former advisor to the Prime Ministers Office, was at the Silkyara tunnel site and stayed till rescue mission ended.
Rescue workers have drilled through the 60-metre stretch of rubble of the collapsed Silkyara tunnel. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel are expected to enter the steel chute pushed into the drilled passage and bring out the workers one-by-one.
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