Uttarkashi Tunnel Rescue: When all the techniques to rescue the workers trapped in the Uttarkashi tunnel were disappointing, then hundreds of years old indigenous technology came in handy. Rat mining was used to rescue people trapped in the tunnel. A path is being made to reach the workers by digging by hand in the narrow place, which will be completed soon. Where modern technology has failed, age-old methods are working.
Agencies are working on war footing
The agencies involved in the rescue operation are working on a war footing to rescue 41 laborers trapped in the Silkyara Tunnel of Uttarkashi. Today’s update on the 17th day of rescue is that the debris of the American auger machine has been completely taken out from inside the tunnel and now rat miners are digging beyond 45 feet using hands.
Team of fast digging experts
After the failure of heavy machinery, Rat Miners were deployed to rescue the workers trapped inside the tunnel, which is a team of experts who dig fast in small spaces like rats. Now the lives of 41 tunnel workers depend on them. These people are doing further digging by hand, for which they have hammer, crowbar and many digging tools.
The work of laying pipes in the tunnel is complete, workers will be taken out soon: Dhami
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has said that the work of laying rescue pipe from the debris of Silkyara tunnel has been completed and 41 laborers trapped in the tunnel for the last 16 days will be taken out soon. Rescue workers completed the work of drilling 60 meters of debris in the tunnel by Tuesday afternoon. Dhami wrote on ‘X’, with the immense blessings of Baba Boukhnag, as a result of the prayers of crores of citizens of the country and due to the tireless efforts of the rescue agencies engaged in the operation, the work of laying pipes in the tunnel has been completed and our brothers will soon Will be taken out. Let us tell you that a part of the tunnel had collapsed on November 12 and 41 workers were trapped inside it.