new delhi, rat-hole mining may be illegal but the talent and experience of rat-hole miners were used in the rescue operation to save the 41 workers trapped in the silkyara tunnel, a national disaster management aut
Explore the mission in Uttarkashi as 41 workers are evacuated from the Silkyara Tunnel. Prime Minister Modi and CM Pushkar Singh Dhami commend the daring efforts. Stay updated with the latest developments on news18.com
Indian authorities said rescuers resorted to the illegal method of “rat-hole” mining to free all 41 trapped miners inside a collapsed portion of the Silkyara tunnel in India’s Meghalaya state.
The rat-hole miners removed the last barrier of debris with their bare hands and rudimentary equipment after US-imported machines had drilled a channel over a fortnight pockmarked with excruciating obstacles
Manual digging was the best option to go through the final eight to 10 metres of the collapsed rubble and the skills of rat-hole miners were ideal for that task, officials and geologists monitoring the 17-day rescue effort said