Drilling of a 12-metre-long hole of 75 mm diameter in the intake adit tunnel to its inside has been successful, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Tapovan, General Manager, R P Ahirwal said.
Read more about Rescue teams start widening hole in Tapovan tunnel to reach trapped people on Business Standard. A hole with a diameter of one feet will help send in a camera to ascertain their location and a pipe to flush out accumulated water from the tunnel, Ahirwal said
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Chamoli: Washed away Tapovan project in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, Friday, Feb. 12, 2021.
Security personnel drilled a hole on their way to a possible location of over 30 people trapped inside the sludge-choked Tapovan tunnel, making headway at last in the prolonged rescue efforts. However, efforts were afoot on Saturday to widen the hole so that a camera could be inserted into the tunnel to get a clue of the trapped men, officials said.
Drilling of a 12-meter-long hole of 75 mm diameter in the intake adit tunnel to its inside has been successful, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Tapovan, General Manager, RP Ahirwal said.
A week after the Uttarakhand disaster in which a portion of the Nanda Devi glacier broke off and triggered a massive flash flood in the Chamoli district, authorities have managed to recover 38 bodies so far while over 200 others continue to remain missing. Top developments: