UTTARKASHI: The employees trapped within the Silkyara tunnel at Uttarkashi obtained some quantity of reduction as among the employees spoke to their family members for the primary time after being caught within the tunnel for 10 days. In a serious breakthrough within the ongoing Silkyara tunnel collapse rescue staff officers efficiently developed communication with the trapped employees via the 6-inch pipeline on Tuesday morning.
One of many trapped employees, Jaidev, whereas chatting with the supervisor on the tunnel collapse web site, mentioned in Bangla, “Please document, I’ll inform one thing to my maa. Maa, pressure koroni aami thik achi. Time a kheye nebe. Babakeo time a kheye nite bolbe (Mom, don’t worry about me, I’m advantageous. Please you and father eat your meals on time).”
The supervisor might be heard asking these trapped contained in the tunnel to not fear and that they’d be evacuated quickly. The supervisor requested the employee whether or not he needed to inform something to his dad and mom because the voice recording could be relayed to his dad and mom again residence. A few of the different trapped employees additionally established contact with their family members, and regardless of being trapped within the tunnel for 10 days now, they displayed an unexceptional degree of endurance and braveness as they requested their family members to not fear about them.
In the meantime, Bajrang Dal (Jammu and Kashmir), through the day, organized Havan Yagya for the security of the 41 trapped employees. Earlier, Worldwide Tunnelling and Underground House Affiliation president Arnold Dix who’s at present overseeing the continuing rescue efforts on the Uttarkashi tunnel collapse web site mentioned that works had been being accomplished to get the 6-inch pipeline totally purposeful.
Arnold Dix mentioned, “The lifeline 6-inch pipeline has been inserted and works are being accomplished to make it totally purposeful. Works are being accomplished for the auguring of the evacuation tunnel which is being drilled as nicely. Works are additionally in progress to create protected locations throughout the tunnel. That is an especially harmful surroundings. We’re making it protected for the rescuers there as nicely. Auguring requires very exact engineering.”
He additional mentioned that the American augur machines weren’t working in the mean time and it was in preparation. Earlier as we speak, rescuers managed to insert an endoscopy digital camera into the tunnel and the primary visuals captured confirmed the 41 employees had ample house contained in the tunnel for them to maneuver about. The rescue staff was seen clearly speaking to the employees trapped within the tunnel via the pipeline. The rescue staff requested the employees to come back in entrance of the endoscopic flexi digital camera which was inserted via the pipeline. A employee took out the digital camera from the pipeline and held it contained in the confined house so that everybody might be recognized.
All of the 41 trapped employees assembled close to the digital camera and the rescue staff requested them to wash the display screen of the digital camera. The rescue staff knowledgeable them that the pipeline could be cleaned with water and a blower so that they requested them to maintain again the digital camera and get away from the pipeline and the compressor. The collapse occurred on November 12 through the development of a tunnel from Silkyara to Barkot, trapping 41 labourers because of a muck fall in a 60-metre stretch on the Silkyara aspect of the tunnel. The employees are believed to be trapped in a 2 km-built tunnel portion, which is full with concrete work that gives security to the employees. This portion of the tunnel has entry to electrical energy and water.
