Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 07:49am on 28 Nov 2023,Tuesday India
A sensitive rescue operation continues in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi district to save 41 workers trapped since November 12 in a collapsed tunnel. A team of 12 rat-hole mining experts have undertaken perilous manual drilling to break through the final few metres of rubble separating the stable, supplied workers from rescue. Officials say the workers are now just 3 metres away from rescue. Vertical drilling down 86 metres from above the tunnel also continues, with plans to pull out workers through the 1-metre wide shaft by Thursday. Meanwhile, food and medicines are regularly reaching the trapped workers. Prime Minister Modi is receiving daily updates on the rescue mission as experts inch agonizingly closer to the workers.
