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Drilling through the rubble of the collapsed Silkyara tunnel was put on hold again after the platform on which the equipment is mounted developed some cracks, developed some cracks, in yet another setback to the effort to rescue the 41 workers trapped inside.
The rescue workers will “stabilise’ the platform on which the 25-tonne auger machine is mounted before drilling is resumed, officials said.
Sections of steel pipes were being inserted through the rubble of the collapsed portion for the workers, trapped for 11 days, to be brought out.
According to ANI, Former advisor to the Prime Minister’s Office, Bhaskar Khulbe reached the Silkyara tunnel site where the rescue operation is underway to bring out the trapped workers.
The preparations to rescue workers trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel are in the final stages and CM Pushkar Singh Dhami himself is present in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand CMO told ANI
International expert Arnold Dix evening said the auger machine drilling through the rubble of the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand is experiencing “some difficulties’ again.
The remark came just hours after drilling to evacuate 41 trapped workers resumed, following a six-hour setback Wednesday night as the American machine encountered an iron girdle.
It was cut by experts, working in a confined environment, before drilling resumed Thursday.
Earlier, drilling was put on hold from Friday afternoon to Tuesday night when the machine encountered a hurdle.
“Right now the auger machine is experiencing some difficulties, for the third time,’ Dix said.
“We have seen this happen before,” he reminded.
