New Delhi/ Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand) [India], November 20 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday 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.
In an announcement by the Uttarakhand Chief Minister’s Office (CMO), PM Modi stated that Central Government is offering the mandatory rescue gear and sources and that the employees might be evacuated safely with mutual coordination between centre and Uttarakhand authorities. The PM added that there’s want to keep up the morale of the stranded employees.
Early this morning, heavy machines have been seen arriving on the Silkyara tunnel on the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri nationwide freeway collapsed that had collapsed within the early hours of November 12.
The Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) is all set to provoke work on a vertical pipeline to offer important gadgets, facilitated by the finished strategy highway by Border Roads Organisation in simply in the future.
Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited (SJVNL) can be all equipped for vertical drilling for which gear was mobilized from Gujarat and Odisha via Railways because the 75-ton gear couldn’t be airlifted.
Secretary, Union Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways, Anurag Jain had on Sunday stated {that a} five-point motion plan to rescue the trapped employees.
National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHDCL), Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVNL), Tehri Hydro Development Corporation Limited (THDC) and Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) have been assigned one possibility every.The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) and the development wing of the Indian Army have additionally been aiding within the rescue operation.
The plan includes drilling operations from three sides of the tunnel, there might be a vertical drilling operation from the highest of the hill below which the employees are trapped. Also, efforts will proceed to drill horizontally via the particles blocking the tunnel on the Silkyara facet. There can be an operation to drill a small tunnel from the Barkot facet will even start.
Neeraj Khanna, Secretary Nodal, talking on the rescue operation stated that directions have been given to the rescue group to finish the rescue operation of the employees trapped within the tunnel as early as potential.
Former advisor to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), Bhaskar Khulbe and Deputy Secretary in Prime Minister’s Office Mangesh Ghildiyal additionally gave strict directions to the rescue group. Bhasker Khulbe, Deputy Secretary Mangesh Ghildiyal and Secretary Disaster Management Ranjeet Sinha have left for Dehradun, in line with the Secretary, Nodal.
The National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation (NHIDCL) is at the moment engaged on a 6-inch pipeline for meals provide, having accomplished drilling 39 meters out of the 60-meter goal, an official assertion stated on Sunday.
The former advisor of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Bhaskar Khulbe and Deputy Secretary of PMO Mangesh Ghildiyal on Sunday appealed to all of the involved departments concerned within the rescue operation.
[{ab015b4e-d25b-4c27-a7e8-d86cd2bb1b9a:intradmin/ANI-20231120043536.png}]According to an official launch, NHIDCL will resume drilling from the Silkyara finish after guaranteeing security preparations, with the Army making ready the field culvert to facilitate this operation.
Meanwhile, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami reached the scene to evaluate the continued rescue and reduction operation.
On November 12, it was reported {that a} collapse occurred in below under-construction tunnel from Silkyara to Barkot attributable to a muck falling within the 60-meter stretch on the Silkyara facet of the tunnel.
After the incident, the State Government and the Central authorities mobilised sources instantly for the rescue of the 41 trapped labourers.
Earlier in the course of the rescue operation, efforts have been made to put a 900 mm pipe via the muck, deemed the quickest resolution per skilled recommendation. However, on November 17, attributable to floor motion making the construction unsafe, this feature was deserted in favour of exploring different methods to expedite the rescue mission.
In order to keep up the morale and security of the trapped labourers inside the 2 km constructed tunnel part, concrete works have been accomplished, guaranteeing their security and important provides corresponding to channa, murmure, dry fruits, medicines, electrical energy, and water have been supplied on this part via a 4-inch compressor pipeline. (ANI)