Uttarkashi tunnel rescue | Chinook helicopter present at Chinyalisaur airstrip to airlift the workers after their rescue from Silkyara tunnel. pic.twitter.com/c2MUPd0JyH
— ANI (@ANI) November 28, 2023
Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 11:05am on 28 Nov 2023,Tuesday India
A Chinook helicopter is present to airlift workers post-extraction from Uttarakhand's collapsed tunnel, where dozens of officials and foreign specialists have joined massive efforts to save 41 trapped men, reports ANI. Medical facilities inside the tunnel have been expanded with a team of doctors and experts being deployed along with the rescuers. CM Dhami and PMO officers are at the crisis site monitoring the situation. Nodal officer Neeraj Khairwal overseeing command from the ground; UK-based engineer Chris Cooper consulting on the rail tunnel rescue; Lt General Syed Ata Hasnain helming NDMA's role; expert Arnold Dix inspecting for most efficient worker extraction; 6 rat-hole mining pros from Madhya Pradesh assisting in hazardous manual drilling. Alongside state agencies, global tunneling, disaster response, and mining experts are providing crucial assistance to ensure the complex mission succeeds in bringing out the workers enduring over 17 days of entrapment.
