News about the Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: On Sunday, a section of the tunnel that is currently being built in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, collapsed around 200 meters in front of the beginning on the Silkyara side of Brahmakhal-Polgaon. In an effort to free the forty workers who are stuck within the tunnel, a rescue operation has begun.
See the top ten updates about the collapse of the Uttarkashi tunnel here.
- By this evening, the 40 workers who trapped at the site should evacuated, according to the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and other teams involved in the rescue effort.
- According to Karamveer Singh, NDRF Assistant Commander, the primary cause of this collapse that plaster had only applied for 200 meters from the tunnel’s beginning. Ten to fifteen meters further have excavated since yesterday. Food and drink have been provided for the confined individuals. We will do all in our power by this evening to make sure that everyone leaves safely,” he told ANI.
- Third, Uttarakhand Pushkar Singh Dhami, the chief minister, surveys the scene of the Uttarkashi Tunnel disaster. “…the debris clearance and rescue operations are proceeding expeditiously… Food supplies have delivered inside.
- The National Highway & Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited’s (NHIDCL) Director, Anshu Manish Khalko, informed ANI that things now improved. “The employees feel secure… We are supplying water and food.
- Big excavator equipment brought in to clean the rubble. The workers who stuck in the tunnel have informed via walkie-talkies.
- Durgesh Rathodi, a state disaster response officer, told news agency AFP that between 40 and 41 workers trapped inside. As rescuers work to clear the barrier, more rubble is falling, yet oxygen is still getting through the debris.”
- Earlier on Sunday, Prime Minister Modi also asked Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami about the rescue operations.
- The Char Dham all-weather road project includes the collapsed tunnel.
- The workers are from Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Odisha, Uttarakhand, and Himachal Pradesh, according to the District Emergency Operation Center.
- Approximately 160 members of various organizations, including the Border Roads Organization (BRO), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), are attempting to free the stranded laborers.
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