Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: According to officials on Friday, drone cameras are being deployed to keep an eye on the rescue effort to free 41 workers who were trapped beneath the collapsed Silkyara tunnel on November 12. The rescue operation has been given to a 15-person NDRF squad under the direction of a colonel. These are the top 10 updates on the collapse of the Uttarkashi tunnel.
1) Cyriac Joseph, the CEO and Managing Director of Squadron Infra and Mining Pvt Limited, stated to ANI, “We are here to support the team, and we are working effortlessly.” Our top concern is the laborers’ safety, which is why we have a drone to keep an eye on their circumstances.”
2) “The drones are equipped with the newest technology and can enter the tunnels.” In regions that are open to access, it becomes independent, and you may access it there at any time of convergence. Additionally, GPS-denied places are navigable. According to Joseph, this is the first time that such drones have been utilized in a tragedy of this kind.
3) According to Asifmulla, an associate lead mining engineer, the drone is the newest technology and is utilized for tunnels and underground mines. “We came from Bengaluru to be here in support of the squad. We’re all doing everything we can to get them out of the tunnel while the drilling is happening.”
4) On Thursday, Pushkar Singh Dhami, the chief minister of Uttarakhand, kept an eye on the rescue efforts as they moved into the latter stages. Authorities have stated that it is not appropriate to presume a certain timetable.
5) Prime Minister Narendra Modi also called the chief minister of Uttarakhand to inquire about the status of the 41 workers who are stranded at the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi.
6) On November 22, drilling horizontally using steel pipes that had a diameter of 800 mm reached around 45 meters; of the approximately 57 meters of debris, just 12 meters remained. But in a late-evening development, the auger machine encounters several iron rods, which provide a barrier to the drilling.
7) The “horizontal boring operation from the Silkyara end,” which featured auger equipment, was restarted by the NHIDCL on November 21 overnight.
8) Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, who examined the rescue effort, stated that using the massive auger equipment to bore horizontally seemed to be the best option. He thinks there will be progress in two and a half days.
9) After considering other possibilities, a group of PMO officials and specialists chose to work on five evacuation strategies at once, including the idea of vertically drilling through the top of the tunnel to free the trapped laborers.
10) Jharkhand Concern over the postponed worker evacuation from the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand, which is still under construction, was expressed by Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Wednesday.
