Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand) [India], November 20 (ANI): As a part of the efforts to rescue the 41 employees trapped on the Silkyara tunnel collapse website, International Tunneling Expert Arnold Dix carried out an inspection on the tunnel website on Monday.
The International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association president, Arnold Dix, arrived on the location website in Silkyara, Uttarkashi, to assist within the rescue efforts and expressed optimism on the prospects of rescue and reduction operations which are underway.
After inspecting the tunnel in addition to the world above it from the place the vertical drilling operation will begin, Professor Dix appeared optimistic concerning the rescue operation.
“It is looking good but we have to decide whether it’s good or a trap, because it’s looking very positive. I have got the best experts for this Himalayan geology here, I’m just one” Professor Dix mentioned.
“We are going back to the office to talk about what we’ve seen and we need to compare about what we have seen here above the tunnel with what we know about what is happening in the tunnel. This actually helps us make the proper decision because we are rescuing those 41 men and we are not letting anyone get hurt while we’re doing that but to that, we need to be very careful,” he added.
Arnold Dix is working alongside a number of companies which have mounted a 4 pronged method to the rescue operation. One of the choices that’s being labored on is drilling vertically from above the tunnel face.
“I need to see what’s going on underneath, I need to go look down at the bottom, it’s like any complex job you need to check all around it, and discuss it, but at the moment it’s looking very positive” Professor Dix mentioned.
“What I know is that something is going to happen. Things are happening, the team here is so focused on the rescue and so focused that no one is hurt that we are taking our time to make the very best decisions we can with the information we got, knowing that time is peaking,” he added.
Arnold Dix additionally supplied prayers on the temple that has been arrange by the varied companies on the mouth of the tunnel.
Dix specialises in underground and transportation infrastructure – from development threat to extra technical points related to the precise security efficiency from an operational security perspective. He additionally gives advise on dangers related to underground development and is broadly recognised because the World’s main skilled on underground tunnelling.
Meanwhile, efforts to rescue the 41 trapped employees on the Silkyara tunnel collapse website proceed for the ninth day. The Uttrakhand Government and the centre is conserving fixed communication and making all efforts to maintain up the morale of the labourers trapped within the 2 km constructed tunnel portion.
Electricity and water can be found on this portion of the tunnel and labourers are offered meals objects corresponding to channa, murmure, dryfruits and medicines and so forth. by way of 4-inch compressor pipeline.
National HighwaysInfrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) is creating one other 6-inch pipeline for meals. For this pipe drilling of 39 meter out of 60 meter is accomplished.
Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) is engaged on one other vertical pipeline for provide for important objects. Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has accomplished an method street for facilitating RVNL.
NHIDCL may also proceed to drill from Silkyara finish after working security preparations. The Army has ready the field culvert to facilitate this.
Further, Tehri Hydroelectric Development Corporation (THDC) will begin work of micro tunnelling from Barkot finish for which heavy equipment has been mobilised. Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited (SJVNL) will do the vertical drilling to rescue the trapped labourers.
Accordingly, tools has been mobilized from Gujarat and Odisha. ONGC has additionally began the preliminary work for vertical drilling from Barkot finish. BRO has already began method street for mobilization machines of ONGC and SJVNL.
Earlier immediately, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a telephonic dialog with Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and mentioned the continued operations to rescue the 41 employees who’ve been trapped since final week within the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi.
On November 12 it was reported that collapse occurred in below development tunnel from Silkyara to Barkot as a consequence of muck fallen in 60-meter stretch in Silkyara facet of tunnel trapping 41 employees.
It was determined to put a 900 mm pipe by way of the muck because it was the quickest attainable resolution. However, on November 17, due to floor motion it turned unsafe to proceed with this feature.
It was then determined to maneuver on a number of fronts collectively. Five choices had been determined and 5 totally different companies had been detailed to hold out these choices. (ANI)