41 workers trapped in Silkyara-Barkot tunnel rescued after 400 hours. They undergo initial health check-up and are whisked away in ambulances. Chief Minister and Union minister interact with rescued workers inside Silkyara tunnel.
Silkyara tunnel: Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided to send in three top-level functionaries of the government to camp at the tunnel site and oversee the renewed rescue efforts in Uttarkashi Principal Secretary to the PM PK Mishra, former Army Chief and now Union Minister VK Singh, and Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to workers, who were rescued from the collapsed tunnel after 17 days, over the phone after the operation was declared a success.
41 workers were rescued from the collapsed Silkyara-Barkot tunnel after 400 hours. They are being monitored at the Community Health Center in Chinyalisaur.
"All labourers are our brothers", said a civilian specialist Prasadilal who has been called in to carry out the manual drilling for the rescue of 41 trapped labourers in the Silkyara tunnel.