Lucknow News: The process of reaching their homes of 41 workers trapped in the Silkyara Tunnel of Uttarakhand has started. After becoming completely healthy, these 41 workers are reaching their homes in different states of the country. Workers from Uttar Pradesh were also trapped in the Uttarkashi tunnel accident. On Friday, a group of eight workers reached the capital Lucknow. These workers from different districts of the state have been accommodated in the guest house located at Dalibagh. After this he went to CM residence and met Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. During this, the Chief Minister learned from him the circumstances during which he was stuck in the tunnel and praised his courage. CM Yogi expressed happiness over all the workers coming out safe and sound. During the meeting with the Chief Minister, the workers told about their circumstances while being stuck in the tunnel, how they were waiting for the road to open and were rallying together to encourage their people. The workers expressed gratitude to everyone for the efforts being made to get them out. He expressed happiness over Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and other senior officials continuously worrying about him and making new efforts to get him out and inquire about his well being. During this, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath covered all the workers with shawls and provided gifts and wished them to remain healthy.
It is being told that arrangements have been made by the Yogi Adityanath government to send these workers living in different districts of Uttar Pradesh to their homes. These workers said that even in adverse circumstances we never lost courage. All the friends kept encouraging each other. We were sure that we would definitely come out. All the workers will reach their respective homes and celebrate Diwali. This time his family members were not able to celebrate Diwali while he was stuck in the tunnel.
On reaching Lucknow, smiles were seen on the faces of all the workers. All the workers looked very excited after reaching their state. Santosh Kumar, one of the 8 workers who reached the capital, expressed immense happiness. He said that we are feeling very good, we are not facing any problem. Another worker Manjeet expressed happiness about meeting CM Yogi Adityanath and said that he never thought that such a thing would be possible.
Preparations to welcome Manjeet at Lakhimpur Kheri’s house
There is an atmosphere of celebration at the house of Manjeet, resident of Bhairampur village of Nighasan tehsil of Lakhimpur Kheri, on the occasion of his arrival. Manjeet’s mother and two sisters are waiting for their brother and father. Manjeet will reach home after about 80 days. Manjeet’s mother Chaudharain told that the family is busy preparing for the welcome with pomp. Manjeet had earlier told on phone that his health was found to be fine during the health checkup. Said that all the people from UP including the father are being taken to Lucknow in a private bus. Manjeet said that it is expected that he will reach his mother by Friday afternoon. Manjeet became emotional while telling the story of 17 days. He said many times that he had given up hope, but was saved by the prayers of his mother and father.
Manjeet told his family on phone how he spent his days in the tunnel.
Manjeet told on phone that he lived on cashew nuts, raisins, gram, biscuits etc. for 17 days. Food items were sent into the tunnel through four-inch pipes. For this, strong air pressure was given in the pipe from outside, so that the food items could reach us in the tunnel. Manjeet told on phone that all the friends lived as a family in difficult times. Everyone kept encouraging each other. He told that after eating food, he used to quench his thirst by drinking water seeping from a mountain near the tunnel. Whereas, for daily activities he used to go far away in the tunnel. There was a two km long tunnel from where we were stuck. That’s why he used to stroll there in his free time. Manjeet told that earlier they used to shout and talk loudly from inside the tunnel through the pipe. A phone was kept outside the tunnel, through which the voice on the other side would reach us through the pipe and later we would shout and convey our message through the pipe to the phone kept outside the tunnel. Manjeet told that after this, arrangements were made for a microphone, which came into the tunnel through a pipe and then we used to talk to the people and family members engaged in rescue.