Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand) [India], November 25 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday mentioned a plasma cutter is being flown in from Hyderabad to chop the auger machine that has acquired caught within the particles of the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi.
After visiting the location of the tunnel inside which 41 labourers have been trapped after it collapsed since November 12, Dhami mentioned that the auger machine that was concerned in drilling by way of the particles from the Silyara aspect is predicted to be pulled out until tomorrow morning after which handbook drilling will start.
He described the situations as “very difficult and challenging” and the way in which the machine which was drilling by way of the particles and putting pipes for the trapped employees to climb out had acquired caught after reaching a sure level.
“Everyone knows that this rescue operation is being done under difficult and challenging circumstances. The machine got stuck after reaching so close…We are expecting that by tomorrow morning this machine will come out, and after that, the operation will move forward manually,” the chief minster mentioned.
“We are working on all the options. A plasma cutter machine has been ordered from Hyderabad to cut the auger machine,” Dhami mentioned.
The heavy responsibility US-made auger machine had acquired caught after reaching a sure level, because of some metallic object getting caught inside it and the drilling operations needed to be suspended on Friday night.
Dhami mentioned that he had spoken to the development employees who had been trapped contained in the tunnel and their morale was excessive.
“I have just spoken to the people inside, Gabbar Singh, Sabha Ahmed and Sharia Mishra. The morale of all of them are absolutely strong. They told me that they were doing fine and were getting food on time. They asked me to take our time and safely take them out from the tunnel,” Dhami mentioned.
“So we are also praying to God that the rescue be completed as soon as possible. At the level of the Government of India, the State Government and all our agencies, all the people are making their full efforts. We are making as many efforts as possible and the Prime Minister is getting progress reports every day. PM Modi is concerned about the situation and the condition of the workers. We are expecting and hoping that the operation is completed as soon as possible,” Chief Minister Dhami mentioned.
Meanwhile, a 12-member workforce of the Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) is on standby mode to do vertical drilling on the tunnel.
A remaining resolution on the vertical drilling choice is prone to be taken by Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) and the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation.
An SJVN official mentioned, “We have given a proposal to the administration to do vertical drilling in 5 to 6 days; our team has done the survey for drilling; and apart from this, their drilling machine has also reached the spot to do the drilling. We are just waiting for the order to come.””The vertical drilling will be done from the top of the tunnel and about 85 to 90 metres will have to be drilled, which will take about 5 to 6 days. When drilling from inside the tunnel When the work of building the rescue tunnel gained momentum, the plan of doing vertical drilling was put on hold, but now, due to the hurdles we are facing, we have once again come into standby mode to see if the administration needs vertical drilling. We will start our work immediately after receiving the order,” added the SJVN officialOfficials earlier right now mentioned that handbook drilling will start quickly to chop by way of the rubble that separates rescuers from the 41 trapped employees.
According to officers, handbook drillers will get to work as soon as the US-made, heavy-duty Auger drilling machine is faraway from the pipeline by way of which the trapped employees are to be introduced out.
Manual drillers will work to chop by way of the remaining rubble that separates the rescuers from the employees and allow the insertion of the pipeline by way of the additional few metres which are but to be coated.
The ongoing operation to rescue employees, who had been trapped after a portion of the tunnel collapsed on November 12, entered its 14th day on Saturday.
Success may quickly be achieved in taking the Auger driller out of the pipeline, officers knowledgeable additional, including that the heavy-duty drillers may now be moved again by 22 metres.
Speaking to ANI, a senior official concerned with the rescue operation mentioned handbook drilling may begin quickly.
He added that the remaining particles, extending roughly as much as 6 to 9 metres, which stands between the rescuers and the trapped employees, can be eliminated by way of handbook drilling.
Elaborating on the explanation why the officers concerned within the rescue operation have determined to take away the Auger from the pipeline, the senior official informed ANI, “While drilling with the US-made Auger machine, if we hit an obstruction every two to three feet, we have to remove it. And, every time we hit an obstruction, we have to roll Auger back 50 metres (up to which the pipeline has been laid). After running repairs, the machine has to be pushed back up to 50 metres, which takes about 5 to 7 hours. This is the reason why the rescue operation is taking longer than it should.”He knowledgeable them additional that after drilling as much as an extra 5 metres, the rescuers will attain the ultimate few metres that separate them from the trapped employees.
However, the officers avoided quoting a timeframe inside which the rescue mission may very well be accomplished, saying that they had been hopeful of a constructive consequence as soon as the handbook drilling begins on Saturday.
Earlier, a workforce of consultants, who got here to conduct a survey on the tunnel web site, knowledgeable that there have been no heavy objects as much as 5 metres contained in the tunnel.
The workforce from Parsan Overseas Pvt Ltd Delhi used the ground-penetrating radar (GPR) method to look at the rescue tunnel.
Ground Penetrating Radar, also called GPR, Georadar, Subsurface Interface Radar, or Geo-probing Radar, is a completely non-destructive method to supply a cross-section profile of the subsurface with none drilling, trenching or floor disturbances.GPR profiles are used for evaluating the situation and depth of buried objects and to research the presence and continuity of pure subsurface situations and options.
After inspecting the rescue tunnel, geophysicist and GPR survey workforce member B Chendhoor mentioned they had been referred to as to the scene after the Auger driller hit an obstruction.
After a portion of the tunnel caved in on November 12, the particles falling within the 60-metre stretch on the Silkyara aspect of the tunnel trapped 41 labourers inside.
The employees are trapped in a 2 km-built portion, which is full, together with concrete work, which offers them security. (ANI)