All 41 workers trapped in Uttarakhand s Silkyara tunnel since November 12 were successfully rescued in a challenging operation involving manual drilling. The workers, draped in garlands, were greeted by officials and taken to the hospital. The rescue marked a significant breakthrough, with "rat miners" manually drilling through rocks and gravel after machinery failures.
41 workers were rescued from the collapsed Silkyara-Barkot tunnel after 400 hours. They are being monitored at the Community Health Center in Chinyalisaur.
The auger drill a corkscrew-like device with a rotary blade at the front end that was drilling into the debris got stuck Friday evening, forcing officials to give up on the 25-tonne machine.
The vertical drilling of the hill in Silkyara commenced on Sunday afternoon, with around 110 meters of the hill to be dug out to rescue the trapped workers. In a fast-paced operation, the machine has already drilled 20 meters of the hill, with around 86 meters still left | Latest News India