New Delhi: In a dramatic flip of occasions, heavy-duty auger drilling machines have arrived on the Chinyalisaur helipad in Uttarkashi, marking a major step within the rescue operation of 40 labourers trapped inside a collapsed tunnel. The machines are being assembled and drilling work is anticipated to begin shortly, in keeping with officers. Anshu Manish Khalko, Director of the Nationwide Freeway & Infrastructure Improvement Company Restricted (NHIDCL), revealed that the Indian Air Drive has airlifted a state-of-the-art machine from Delhi to expedite the rescue mission.
“Within the subsequent few hours, we can set up the machine and resume the rescue work,” Khalko assured. Nevertheless, the scenario stays tense as protests erupted outdoors the Silkyara-Barkot tunnel over the delay within the rescue operation. The employees are trapped contained in the under-construction tunnel since its collapse on Sunday.
Regardless of the continuing reduction and rescue operation, the falling particles from the tunnel’s roof is posing a major problem. The rescuers had ready a platform for the auger drilling machine to insert large-diameter metal pipes into the debris-filled tunnel, aiming to create a passage for the secure evacuation of the labourers.
Uttarakhand’s Director Basic of Police (DGP), Ashok Kumar, confirmed that the reduction and rescue work is continuing on battle footing, with the drilling work being carried out utilizing the auger drilling machine. “Resulting from pure obstacles, the pace of drilling is sluggish,” DGP Kumar admitted. He expressed optimism about safely evacuating all the employees with the assistance of the heavy auger drilling machine introduced in by the central businesses and the Air Drive.
In a heartening improvement, District Justice of the Peace Abhishek Ruhela and Dr Prem Pokhriyal, a senior physician from the District Hospital, managed to speak with the trapped staff via a pipe. The officers reassured the anxious members of the family of the trapped staff who had gathered on the website.
The rescue operation is being led by a workforce of technical specialists and engineers who’re making ready to begin the method of pipe pushing. This entails putting in a 900 mm pipe contained in the tunnel to assist the trapped staff come out. Officers confirmed that the employees are secure and are being supplied with oxygen, water, meals packets, and medicines via tubes.
Deepak Malik, GM of Uttarakhand Ingesting Water Company and an knowledgeable in drilling and boring, is main the technical facet and drilling technique of this marketing campaign. “The method will begin quickly,” he stated.
The incident occurred within the early hours of Sunday when a portion of the tunnel being constructed between Silkyara and Dandalgaon on the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri Nationwide Freeway collapsed following a landslide, trapping 40 labourers inside.
