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On Friday, the US-made auger machine hit a metal object in the debris and the shaft of the machine stuck in the metal object when the machine was pushed back on Friday night | Latest News India

Uttarkashi tunnel rescue: The US-made Auger machines blades struck an obstacle again and were damaged. | Latest News India

Vertical drilling wont require blasting and it wont be against gravity, experts said on the next course of action on Uttarakhand tunnel rescue operation.  | Latest News India

Efforts to rescue the 41 workers trapped behind the debris inside the Silkyara tunnel at Uttarkashi entered the 14th day on Saturday. Drilling has been halted since Friday evening after the auger machine encountered another hurdle.

Uttarakhand Tunnel Collapse Updates: On November 12, labourers got trapped as portions of the Silkyara-Dandalgaon under-construction tunnel on the Brahmkhal-Yamunotri highway collapse following a landslide at around 5.30 am on the day of Diwali

An estimated 86 metres of vertical drilling is required to reach the tunnels crust, after which it will be breached to access the trapped workers. | Latest News India

The rescue operation has been hampered as a section of the auger machine broke and became lodged in the tunnel, causing a slowdown in progress.

The NDMA member further said a very difficult operation is going on. Two methods are being used currently, but a third method that is drift method could also be used soon. Currently, 47-meter horizontal drilling has been completed, he said, adding the broken part of the auger machine has to be removed, and the drilled structure has to be kept stable.

Authorities are considering alternative plans to evacuate the 41 workers trapped in the collapsed Silkyara-Barkot tunnel in Uttarakhand. | Latest News India

Rescue operations to save 41 construction workers trapped in a tunnel in India has stalled again as the drilling machine has broken down.