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‘Some big news expected in the next 24 hours’
Updated On: 23 November, 2023 02:26 AM IST | Uttarkashi | Agencies
Official at Silkyara tunnel collapse site says 880-mm pipe pushed 21 metres to free 41 workers
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Forty-one Indian workers trapped in a collapsed road tunnel were seen alive on camera for the first time on November 21. Pic/PTI
Over 265 hours after the 41 workers were trapped after a tunnel collapsed at Slikyara in Uttarkashi, rescue operations continue. Officials supervising the rescue operation believe they are close to making a critical breakthrough.
Additional Secretary Technical, Road and Transport Mahmood Ahmed said on Wednesday that some big news is expected in the next 24 hours as an additional 880-millimeter pipe has also been pushed 21 metres through the rubble to free 41 workers. The official said since Tuesday night they have pushed three more pipes, reaching 40-50 metres through horizontal drilling inside the tunnel.
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