The families and loved ones of 41 workers trapped inside are growing anxious. The under-construction tunnel between Silkyara and Dandalgaon on the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri national highway collapsed in the early hours of November 12.
Odisha Labour Minister Sarada Prasad Nayak will visit Uttarakhand where the labourers have been trapped in an under-construction tunnel for two weeks.
A special team from Odisha including the Minister will review the rescue operation that is underway at the tunnel.
Being sent by the Odisha
Case in point, a statement by the Press Information Bureau dated February 20 announcing the approval of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs for ₹1383 crore project to build a "4.531 km long 2-Lane Bi-Directional Silkyara Bend - Barkot Tunnel with escape passage on the Yamunotri route. However, the expert panel appointed by the Uttarakhand government following the tunnel collapse has pointed to the absence of the escape passage as a major omission, in its preliminary observations - as reported by ET.
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