Express News Service
DEHRADUN: More than a hundred rescuers on Tuesday struggled for a third day to save 40 workers trapped after a portion of the under-construction 4.5-km-long Silkiara tunnel collapsed on the Chardham road in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district on November 12.
Excavators have been removing debris since Sunday morning from the site to create an escape tunnel for the 40 workers, who are all alive.
According to the officials, to remove the 40 labourers trapped in the tunnel, a 900 mm (3 feet) steel pipes will be pushed into the spot from inside the debris, through which they will be evacuated.
Meanwhile, a high-level geological and expert investigation team has reached the spot to probe the incident.
“To rescue the 40 workers trapped in the tunnel, a 900 mm (3 ft) steel pipe from inside the debris will be pushed into the site through which the workers will be evacuated,” a top official leading the relief work told this newspaper. According to the official, the process has started.
State Disaster Management Secretary Dr Ranjit Singh Sinha told this newspaper, “Experts, included in the committee formed by the government under the chairmanship of Director Uttarakhand Landslide Reduction and Management Center to study the landslide in Silkiyara tunnel and investigate the cause, have inspected the site and started investigation.”
The team of experts involved in the investigation committee reached the spot on Monday night. The tunnel and the hill above it are being surveyed by the team.
The team of experts includes Dr. Shantanu Sarkar, Director, USDMA Dehradun, Dr. Khayingshing Luirei, Scientist, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Sunil Kumar Yadav, Scientist of Zoological Survey of India (GSI), Senior Scientist CBRI Roorkee Kaushal Pandit, Deputy Director Department of Geology and Mineralogy G.D. Prasad and Geologist USDMA Dehradun Tandrila Sarkar. Scientist Luirei has expertise in the field of morphotectonics and landslides.
READ HERE:
Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Rescue operations delayed due to heavy debris, food packets sent
Under-construction tunnel on Yamunotri NH in Uttarakhand partially collapses, 36 workers trapped
The 4.5-kilometre (2.7-mile) tunnel is being constructed between the towns of Silkyara and Dandalgaon to connect two of the holiest Hindu shrines: Uttarkashi and Yamunotri.
The tunnel is part of a Prime Minister Narendra Modi road project aimed at improving travel conditions between some of the most popular Hindu shrines in the country as well as areas bordering China.
(With inputs from AFP) Follow channel on WhatsApp
DEHRADUN: More than a hundred rescuers on Tuesday struggled for a third day to save 40 workers trapped after a portion of the under-construction 4.5-km-long Silkiara tunnel collapsed on the Chardham road in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district on November 12.
Excavators have been removing debris since Sunday morning from the site to create an escape tunnel for the 40 workers, who are all alive.
According to the officials, to remove the 40 labourers trapped in the tunnel, a 900 mm (3 feet) steel pipes will be pushed into the spot from inside the debris, through which they will be evacuated.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });
Meanwhile, a high-level geological and expert investigation team has reached the spot to probe the incident.
“To rescue the 40 workers trapped in the tunnel, a 900 mm (3 ft) steel pipe from inside the debris will be pushed into the site through which the workers will be evacuated,” a top official leading the relief work told this newspaper. According to the official, the process has started.
State Disaster Management Secretary Dr Ranjit Singh Sinha told this newspaper, “Experts, included in the committee formed by the government under the chairmanship of Director Uttarakhand Landslide Reduction and Management Center to study the landslide in Silkiyara tunnel and investigate the cause, have inspected the site and started investigation.”
The team of experts involved in the investigation committee reached the spot on Monday night. The tunnel and the hill above it are being surveyed by the team.
The team of experts includes Dr. Shantanu Sarkar, Director, USDMA Dehradun, Dr. Khayingshing Luirei, Scientist, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Sunil Kumar Yadav, Scientist of Zoological Survey of India (GSI), Senior Scientist CBRI Roorkee Kaushal Pandit, Deputy Director Department of Geology and Mineralogy G.D. Prasad and Geologist USDMA Dehradun Tandrila Sarkar. Scientist Luirei has expertise in the field of morphotectonics and landslides.
READ HERE:
Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Rescue operations delayed due to heavy debris, food packets sent
Under-construction tunnel on Yamunotri NH in Uttarakhand partially collapses, 36 workers trapped
The 4.5-kilometre (2.7-mile) tunnel is being constructed between the towns of Silkyara and Dandalgaon to connect two of the holiest Hindu shrines: Uttarkashi and Yamunotri.
The tunnel is part of a Prime Minister Narendra Modi road project aimed at improving travel conditions between some of the most popular Hindu shrines in the country as well as areas bordering China.
(With inputs from AFP) Follow channel on WhatsApp
