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Throughout the rescue operation, PM Modi stayed in regular contact with the Chief Minister, staying abreast of the developments in the rescue mission and the condition of the workers.

NDRF and SDRF men entered the steel chute to reach the trapped workers and were bringing them out on wheeled-stretchers one by one, said a rescuer

All 41 workers will undergo a thorough medical examination and will be kept under observation at the health facility at Chinyalisaur

41 workers trapped in Silkyara-Barkot tunnel rescued after 400 hours. They undergo initial health check-up and are whisked away in ambulances. Chief Minister and Union minister interact with rescued workers inside Silkyara tunnel.

Silkyara/IBNS: Three of 41 men trapped underground in a tunnel in Uttarakhand's Silkyara have been rescued after a 17-day multi-agency rescue operation.

After 17 days, all 41 construction workers have been rescued from a collapsed tunnel in the Indian Himalayas. The trapped workers were pulled out one at a time, through a 3-foot wide “evacuation pipe” that was drilled through the rock.

The NDMA member further stated that the health conditions of the rescued workers will be monitored for the next 48 to 72 hours.

Silkyara/IBNS: The mammoth rescue operation to evacuate the 41 trapped workers in a tunnel in Uttarakhand's Silkyara came to an end Tuesday after a 17-day multi-agency drill that finally met with success. All the labourers were brought out of the tunnel bringing a sigh of relief nationwide.

17-day Silkyara tunnel saga ends, nation relieved

41 workers were rescued from the collapsed Silkyara-Barkot tunnel after 400 hours. They are being monitored at the Community Health Center in Chinyalisaur.