Uttarakhand tunnel: PM Modi interacts with workers; lauds rescue operation
PM Modi lauded a successful operation to rescue 41 workers trapped in an under-construction road tunnel in Uttarakhand on Tuesday.
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PM Modi lauded a successful operation to rescue 41 workers trapped in an under-construction road tunnel in Uttarakhand on Tuesday.
The first person to reach the workers was Munna Qureshi who was among the rat-hole miners who dug up the tunnel and achieved the last mile. Munna is now hailed as a hero., India News, Times Now
Feroze Qureshi and Monu Kumar, experts in the rat-hole mining technique, were the first to meet the 41 labourers rescued from the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand after they cleared the last bit of the rubble inside the structure.
The workers were kept under medical observation at a hospital in Chinyalisaur after their evacuation on November 28 night. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami met them and handed over a cheque of Rs 1 lakh to each of them.
Uttarkashi Khan-did Talk: Speaking exclusively to News18, Nasir Khan, 25, a rat hole miner from UP, says even as the added challenges of gas-cutting and heat made their already dangerous task tougher, they kept going to do their bit for the country and the 41 trapped labourers