Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand) [India], November 25 (ANI): Expressing hope concerning the secure return of the 41 employees by Christmas pageant who’re trapped in Uttarkashi’s Silkyara tunnel, International Tunneling Expert Arnold Dix on Saturday mentioned that he doesn’t know precisely concerning the timeline on when will the rescue operation achieve success including that almost all essential factor on this state of affairs is that rescuers and labourers come dwelling safely.
Speaking to ANI, Arnold Dix mentioned, “Some time from now until one month and 41 men will be home safe. I just don’t know exactly when. I mean that we should not rush. We should just consider the most important thing and that is that the men come home safe. And I am confident that they will be home in time for Christmas.”Arnold Dix additional acknowledged that he by no means promised that rescue operations would go easily and would finish rapidly.
“In the beginning, I never promised it would be quick, I never promised it would be easy, I never said it would be tomorrow, I never said it would be tonight. Always I said they will be home for Christmas but they will be safe,” he mentioned.
Earlier as we speak, National Disaster Management Authority member Syed Ata Hasnain mentioned that the rescue operation at Uttarkashi’s Silkyara tunnel has develop into technically advanced including that rescuers are working in an atmosphere of unpredictability.
Syed Ata Hasnain mentioned that each one 41 employees who remained trapped within the tunnel have been steady and secure.
Addressing a press briefing in Delhi, NDMA Member Syed Ata Hasnain mentioned, “You are seeing that this operation is getting technically complex. Earlier there were not many complexities and that is why some people in media were assuming timelines but we never gave timelines from our side. We are conducting rescue operations on hills. We are working in an environment of unpredictability.””I have experienced that when you do something with mountains, you cannot predict anything. This is exactly a situation like war,” he added.
He additional knowledgeable that superior equipment is being airlifted by the Indian Air Force to carry the broken a part of the auger machine out from the tunnel.
“The good news is that the 41 workers are stuck inside are stable. All the basic things are being sent. The relatives of the workers have also come, and they are talking to the workers. As far as the rescue operation is concerned, there are certain problems we are facing. There has been damage in the auger machine and some part of it has not come out,” Hasnain mentioned.
NDMA member additional knowledgeable that the method of drilling will begin within the subsequent one to 2 days.
Meanwhile, a 12-member crew of the Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) is on standby mode to do vertical drilling on the tunnel. A ultimate choice on the vertical drilling choice is prone to be taken by Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) and the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation.
After a portion of the tunnel caved in on November 12, the particles falling within the 60-metre stretch on the Silkyara facet of the tunnel trapped 41 labourers inside. The employees are trapped in a 2 km-built portion. (ANI)