Uttarkashi: 40 workers are still trapped inside the Silkyara-Barkot tunnel in Uttarkashi. Rescue operations are underway to save these lives – in fact, officials have now roped in the Thai team which led the daring operation to rescue 12 boys of a football team and their 25 year old coach from the Tham Luang cave in northern Thailand in 2018.
Dozens of workers have been trapped in a Uttarakhand tunnel for nearly 150 hours with a giant drill being deployed to save them. The rescue operations came to a halt yesterday evening after hearing a sudden “cracking sound” and the drilling machine developed a snag.
Officials have said that a second heavy drill is to be airlifted to the accident site and operations are expected to resume by 10 am.
Officials said that all 40 workers are safe and are being supplied food and water through steel pipes that have been drilled into the opening.
Families of the trapped workers have arrived at the accident site and are losing hope. Brother of one of the workers, who has come from Haridwar, said that the workers need to be rescued quickly before their health deteriorates.
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