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New Delhi, Nov 29 : The 41 workers, who were rescued from Uttarakhand's Silkyara tunnel in a multi-agency rescue operation, kept their spirits up while trapped inside by taking morning walks and practising yoga, a rescued worker told Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The workers hailed Prime Minister Modi, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and rescue
Drilling through the rubble to prepare an escape route for the 41 workers trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel was set to resume on Friday morning, a day after another snag hit the rescue efforts, an official said. Former advisor to the Prime Minister's Office Bhaskar Khulbe said boring through the
Rescue workers are set to begin drilling at the collapsed Silkyara tunnel after a delay of several hours due to a technical issue. The operation will resume after welding another section of steel pipes to the chute. Ground penetrating radar indicates no metal hurdles up to five meters ahead of the passage. InI
Officials, at an afternoon news briefing, said that the technical problem that stalled the drilling on Wednesday had been set right, and the operation would begin in the next couple of hours.
Former advisor to the prime minister's office Bhaskar Khulbe said the operation might successfully be completed by Friday evening if everything went well