Uttarkashi tunnel rescue: Trapped 41 workers to breathe freedom soon
Rescue workers drilled through the 60-metre stretch of the rubble of the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in which 41 workers have been trapped
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Rescue workers drilled through the 60-metre stretch of the rubble of the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in which 41 workers have been trapped
The tunnel collapse trapping workers occurred in a highly sensitive Himalayan ecological zone.
The Air Force has stationed a Chinook helicopter - a twin-rotor heavy-lift chopper - at the airstrip in Uttarakhand's Chinyalisaur, where an emergency medical centre has been set up to treat the 41 workers trapped underground in the Silkyara tunnel.
Indian rescuers on Tuesday pulled out all 41 construction workers trapped inside a collapsed tunnel in the Himalayas for 17 days, hours after drilling through the debris of rock, concrete and earth to reach them, officials said.
The men had been stuck in the 4.5km tunnel in the Uttarakhand state since it collapsed on Nov 12. Read more at straitstimes.com.