Uttarkashi, Nov 27: A delegation led by Principal Secretary to Prime Minister, Pramod Kumar Mishra took inventory of ongoing efforts to rescue 41 trapped employees in Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi on the sixteenth day of the operations.
Union House Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla and Uttarakhand Chief Secretary SS Sandhu together with Pramod Kumar Mishra inspected the work contained in the tunnel.
The Principal Secretary additionally enquired concerning the meals gadgets despatched to the employees trapped contained in the tunnel. PK Mishra additionally spoke to the trapped employees and their households.
Micro tunnelling knowledgeable Chris Cooper mentioned earlier as we speak that each one the particles of the auger machine has been eliminated and guide drilling to succeed in the trapped labourers will begin in a couple of hours.
The auger machine getting used for horizontal drilling of the tunnel that received caught contained in the pipe was lower and eliminated utilizing a plasma cutter, on Monday morning.
Vouching for the guide technique, former Military Engineer-in-Chief, Lieutenant Common Harpal Singh (Retd), mentioned that there is no such thing as a different manner left besides the guide technique to succeed in the trapped employees.
Singh mentioned that he reached the location to supply technical inputs and additional support the continued rescue operations. He added that efforts are made on all fronts to hurry up the rescue course of.
As per official sources, the rat gap mining method shall be used by way of guide drilling to take away the particles contained in the pipe to speed up the rescue.
The rat gap mining method is mostly utilized in coal mining, particularly in areas which have troublesome terrain.
A group of 6 specialists have reached the location to undertake the guide drilling work and a group of 11 individuals will go contained in the 800 mm pipe of the tunnel to take away the particles manually. The group consists of engineers from the Indian Military’s Madras Engineering Group in addition to civilians.
In collaboration with the Border Highway Organisation and different companies, efforts are additionally underway to enter from the opposite mouth of the tunnel that’s the Barkot facet. 4 blasts have been undertaken below the supervision of BRO and thus far solely 10 metres out of 500 meters have been coated.
Additionally, the rescuers are planning to construct a mini tunnel alongside the left facet of the tunnel, horizontal however perpendicular to the Silkyara tunnel, the work of which shall be undertaken by SJVN.
After a portion of the tunnel caved in on November 12, the particles falling within the 60-metre stretch on the Silkyara facet of the tunnel trapped 41 labourers contained in the under-construction construction. (AGENCIES)
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