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uttarkashi, when heavy machinery broke down in an effort to drill through the debris that had trapped 41 workers in the silkyara tunnel, the rescuers resorted to rat-hole mining, a banned practice in the co
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These Rat-Hole Miners, as they are called are Hasan, Munna Qureshi, Naseem Malik, Nasir Khan, Firoz Qureshi, Rashid Ansari, and Irshad Ansari, along with Monu Kumar, Saurabh, Jatin Kumar, Ankur, Devendra who come from Delhi and Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh.
The leader of the 12-member team from Rockwell Enterprises, Wakeel Hassan, said he was approached for help by a company involved in the rescue operation four days ago. 'The work got delayed while removing the portion of the auger from the rubble. We started at 3 pm on Monday and finished the work at 6 pm on Tuesday,' Hassan said, adding, 'We had said the work would be finished in 24 to 36 hours and that is what we did.'
Rat-hole mining experts Qureshi and Kumar were part of a 12-member team from Rockwell Enterprises, a Delhi-based company that specializes in tunnelling work.