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Watch: With stretchers, oxygen, rescue team enters collapsed Uttarkashi tunnel
UPDATED: Nov 22, 2023 20:53 IST
A 21-member team of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel, carrying oxygen cylinders and stretchers on their backs, entered the collapsed Uttarkashi's Silkyara tunnel to assist in the ongoing rescue operation.
An angle cutter with an abrasive blade on the pipe has also been sent inside by members due to some metal rods that obstructed the drilling earlier today. The iron structure obstruction has been successfully removed by the rescue agencies. The work to install the pipeline for the final leg has resumed.
Officials hinted that the evacuation had reached its final leg with the rescuers required to drill up to around 57 metres in total to reach the trapped workers who had been stranded on the other side of the rubble. Rescue efforts at the tunnel gained momentum on Wednesday with the American auger machine resuming drilling through the accumulated rubble at the collapsed site inside the tunnel and penetrating up to 45 metres by the afternoon to prepare an escape passage for the 41 trapped individuals.
41 workers have been trapped since November 12.
With medics on standby and the hospitals in the area on alert, an elaborate healthcare arrangement has been put in place for the workers as and when they crawl out through the pipe.
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