UTTARKASHI: In a significant development on Monday, rescuers successfully inserted a six-inch-wide pipeline through the debris of a collapsed tunnel in Uttarakhand.
Uttarakhand Tunnel Crash News Live UpdatesThis breakthrough is a crucial advancement, enabling the delivery of larger quantities of food and essential supplies to the 41 workers who have been trapped for eight days.
Previously, a four-inch tube had been utilized to provide necessities such as dry fruits, medicines, and oxygen to the section of the tunnel beyond the rubble. The introduction of the new six-inch pipeline marks a milestone, allowing for the transportation of food items like roti and sabji to the trapped workers.
Anshu Manish Kalkho, Director of the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation (NHIDCL), described this as the "first breakthrough" at the site. "We have sent the pipe 53 meters to the other side of the rubble, and the trapped workers can hear and experience us," Kalkho stated.
The incident occurred when a portion of the under-construction tunnel in Silkyara village, Uttarkashi district, as part of the ambitious Char Dham all-weather road project, collapsed due to a landslide on November 12, leading to the entrapment of 41 workers.
(With agency inputs)