Rescued Uttarkashi men may fly to AIIMS Dehradun
The 17-day nightmare for the 41 labourers trapped in the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi came to an end on tuesday as rescue crews successfully extracted all of them. The rescue personnel are expected to be transferred to AIIMS dehradun today after receiving basic aid.
On november 12, the Silkyara tunnel, which was part of the Centre's grandiose Char Dham project, collapsed owing to a landslip. At around 7 p.m., rat-hole mining professionals burst through the last stretch of debris. A team from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the State Disaster Response Force, assam (SDRF) entered the steel chute to rescue the trapped workers, bringing them out one by one on wheeled stretchers. An ambulance carrying the first of the 41 workers left the tunnel at 8 p.m., nearly an hour after a crew of rat-hole mining professionals dug through the final length of rubble.
On november 12, the Silkyara tunnel, which was part of the Centre's grandiose Char Dham project, collapsed owing to a landslip. At around 7 p.m., rat-hole mining professionals burst through the last stretch of debris. A team from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the State Disaster Response Force, assam (SDRF) entered the steel chute to rescue the trapped workers, bringing them out one by one on wheeled stretchers. An ambulance carrying the first of the 41 workers left the tunnel at 8 p.m., nearly an hour after a crew of rat-hole mining professionals dug through the final length of rubble.
On tuesday, as the rescue effort neared completion, the trapped workers emerged from the Uttarkashi tunnel, some smiling and others looking thankful and fatigued. Outside the tunnel, crowds met the ambulances that brought the workers to community health centres with loud shouts and slogans, as residents distributed streets. Meanwhile, anxious relatives who had been sleeping nearby were overcome with emotion as they were reunited with the workers after days of uncertainty.