Two days after relentless hard work, labour, and heartfelt prayers brought the 41 trapped men out of the Silkayara tunnel site in Uttarkashi, international tunnelling expert Arnold Dix appreciated the efforts of the rescue teams.
Rescuers have brought in "rat miners" to help pull out 41 construction workers trapped in a tunnel in the Indian Himalayas for over two weeks after high-powered machines failed. The workers, low-wage workers from India s poorest states, have been getting food, water, light, oxygen, and medicines through a pipe. Attempts to drill a tunnel horizontally through the debris trapping the men have been plagued by damage to machinery.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has said that efforts to evacuate 41 trapped workers inside the Silkyara tunnel are ongoing and the rescue operation is expected to be completed at the earliest. The auger machine stuck in the debris has been removed, and drilling and pushing work will begin. PM Narendra Modi has been seeking information about the ongoing rescue operation.