A six-inch pipe reached the two km-built tunnel portion of the collapsed construction.
Uttarkashi:
Hours after another six-inch lifeline pipe reached the Silkyara tunnel, the place 41 labourers have been trapped for over every week, rescuers are filling Khichdi in cylindrical bottles to be despatched to the stranded employees.
Hemant, the prepare dinner who ready the Khichdi for the trapped labourers, stated that that is the primary time a sizzling meal is being despatched to the employees.
“This meals might be despatched contained in the tunnel. That is the primary time a sizzling meal is being despatched. We’re sending Khichdi. We’re solely getting ready the meals which we now have been really helpful,” he stated.
#WATCH | Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand) Tunnel Rescue: Meals gadgets together with Khichdi, Dal are being ready and packed to be delivered to the folks trapped contained in the tunnel
Cook dinner Hemant says, “Meals might be despatched to the folks trapped inside. For the primary time, sizzling meals is being despatched… pic.twitter.com/dAVZSSi1Ne
— ANI (@ANI) November 20, 2023
On November 12, it was reported {that a} collapse occurred in an under-construction tunnel from Silkyara to Barkot resulting from a muck falling within the 60-meter stretch on the Silkyara facet of the tunnel, trapping 41 labourers.
Earlier within the day, in a serious breakthrough, a six-inch pipe reached the two km-built tunnel portion of the collapsed construction the place labourers are trapped.
Rescue operation in-charge Colonel Deepak Patil stated that via this different lifeline we are able to ship meals, mobiles, and chargers contained in the tunnel.
On what meals gadgets might be despatched to trapped labourers, he stated that, retaining in thoughts the situation of the labourers, a listing has been ready with the assistance of docs on obtainable meals choices.
“We’re bringing plastic cylindrical bottles with large mouths in order that we are able to ship bananas, apples, Khichdi, and Daliya,” he added.
Earlier within the day, the Director of Nationwide Highways and Infrastructure Growth Company (NHIDCL), Anshu Manish Khulko, stated there was an environment of pleasure among the many trapped labourers after they got here to know concerning the breakthrough.
The NHIDCL Director stated the rescuers will now go along with full drive to evacuate the labourers.
“Earlier there was doubt what would occur if the primary lifeline was closed. However now that we now have established another lifeline, now we are going to go along with full drive,” Khulko stated.
In the meantime, two robotics machines of Defence Analysis and Growth Organisation (DRDO) – weighing 20 kg and 50 kg- have arrived on the web site.
On the usage of the robotics machine from DRDO, the NHIDCL Director stated, “An try was made to make use of that machine inside, however as I advised you, the strata and rubble inside (the tunnel) are very free, so it was not profitable there.”
(Aside from the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV workers and is revealed from a syndicated feed.)