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The first workers were removed following a series of agonizing setbacks, during which rescue efforts were halted when the heavy machinery used to drill through the debris broke down, forcing workers to partially dig by hand and adopt other riskier methods to bring them to safety, it said.
New Delhi, November 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the success of rescue operation to bring out 41 trapped workers from Uttarakhand's Silkyara tunnel is making everyone emotional and hailed the courage of the workers as an ins
After 16 days of intense efforts by multiple agencies, all 41 workers trapped in Uttarakhand's Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi have safely been evacuated on Tuesday evening.
Silkyara tunnel: Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided to send in three top-level functionaries of the government to camp at the tunnel site and oversee the renewed rescue efforts in Uttarkashi -- Principal Secretary to the PM PK Mishra, former Army Chief and now Union Minister VK Singh, and Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla
Around 8 pm, the first worker was taken out and ferried to a medical centre in an ambulance.