The trapped staff on the Silkyara Tunnel in Uttarakhand must wait even additional because the rescuers have hit contemporary roadblocks. Whereas there was no progress for the final 24 hours, work is underway to take away the blades of the Auger machine utilizing a plasma cutter. The blade broke inside throughout drilling. In the meantime, some Indian Military personnel and one among their JCBs have reached the positioning.
Official sources have reported {that a} protecting masking is being put in throughout the Silkyara tunnel, the place 41 staff have been trapped for a length of two weeks. This measure goals to safeguard the rescue workforce throughout their operations.
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Moreover, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Restricted (BSNL) has taken steps to ease the misery of the 41 trapped staff within the Silkyara tunnel by offering them with a landline connection, facilitating communication with their households. Kundan, a BSNL consultant, talked about their ongoing efforts to ship a compact landline telephone to the employees by way of a pipeline.
BSNL has established a small phone trade on the tunnel website to assist this service, connecting the telephone by means of a devoted line. In parallel, a senior official engaged within the rescue efforts talked about that cell phones have additionally been dispatched to the trapped staff, enabling them to interact in leisure actions like gaming throughout their confinement.
“There isn’t any cell community close by however we’re additionally contemplating offering Wi-Fi connectivity. We’re additionally contemplating offering a cricket bat and ball to the employees in order that they’ll play cricket. You may spend your time taking part in as a result of there’s plenty of house contained in the tunnel the place the employees are trapped, so cricket may be performed simply,” the official mentioned.
Nationwide Catastrophe Administration Authority Member, Lt Basic Syed Ata Hasnain (retired) on Saturday mentioned that there was no motion within the final 24 hours within the drilling work to rescue the 41 staff trapped within the Uttarkashi tunnel for 13 days. The NDMA member mentioned {that a} portion of the American-Auger machine was damaged, blocking the potential escape route.
“The present replace is that (in) the final 24 hours, there hasn’t been any motion inside this bore tunnel that was being made for the rescue. As a result of…the Auger machine itself has had a little bit of an accident. A portion of it (has really) damaged, and that damaged portion needs to be pulled out (of the escape pipe),” Hasnain instructed ANI.
After a portion of the tunnel caved in on November 12, the particles falling within the 60-metre stretch on the Silkyara facet of the tunnel trapped 41 labourers contained in the under-construction construction. (With ANI inputs)
