Bharat Express

Uttarakhand tunnel

According to the family members, worker's father Murmu waited eagerly to hear about his son's evacuation.

The trapped construction workers, stuck 260 meters inside the Silkyara-Barkot tunnel since November 12, faced peril after a part of the tunnel collapsed due to a landslide.

The Chinyalisaur hospital, 30 km from the tunnel, and the premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Rishikesh, 160 km away, are potential destinations for airlifting rescued workers.

Against the pain inside and out side as well, is the launching of 360 Degree Operation, finally, the way to rescue forty one lives trapped In the tunnel?..

Although there have been glitches in the auger machine previously, the experts now feel that they should not rely solely on the device going forward.

In the protracted rescue operation, the camera and walkie-talkie link with the workers represents a key development.

About 200 meters from the Silkyara entrance in the Uttarakhand district, a section of the 4.5 km tunnel the construction workers were digging collapsed on Sunday, trapping them.