Uttarkashi Tunnel Collapse: It has been 17 days since the workers were trapped in the under-construction tunnel at Uttarkashi in Uttarakhand and according to the latest reports of today (November 28, 2023), 41 workers trapped in the tunnel will be saved out soon. Meanwhile, a picture of an elderly person is going viral on social media, which is being shared and it is claimed that this picture is of a laborer trapped in a tunnel.
The 41 Indian construction workers trapped in a collapsed highway tunnel for 17 days will need long-term support after their rescue, including monitoring for post-traumatic stress disorder, officials said on Tuesday.
After the harrowing wait of 17 days, 41 workers have been rescued safely from the Uttarkashi Tunnel which collapsed on Nov. 12. CM Pushkar Singh Dhami and workers families comforted them.
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