Uttarkashi Tunnel Collapse LIVE: Family members of a trapped worker express frustration over the lack of construction progress and absence of communication with officials on the ninth day of the rescue operation in Uttarkashi.
Uttarakhand Tunnel Collapse Live Updates: Col. Deepak Patil, who is heading the rescue efforts indicated that equipment for a possible option 3 is already enroute. "But there are high chances that the current rescue plan will work," he added.
Uttarakhand Tunnel Collapse Live Updates: Rescue operation is underway at Uttarkashi under-construction tunnel. An escape tunnel is being prepared through the debris and a second auger drilling machine is being brought to site from Delhi after the first one broke.
On Tuesday, rescuers at the under-construction tunnel collapse site initiated the process of inserting large-diameter mild steel pipes through the rubble using an auger machine to rescue the workers trapped for two days now
Gabbar Singh Negi, one of the 40 labourers trapped in the under-construction tunnel in Uttrakhand's Uttarkashi, spoke to his son for a few seconds and said that they are safe.