The rescuers trying to free 41 workers trapped in a tunnel from nine days ago in India they were preparing for drill a new wellafter another similar operation was suspended for fear of a new collapse.
Excavators have been removing debris and earth since November 12when a part of a tunnel under construction collapsed in the state of Uttarakhand, in the Himalayas.
The engineers They tried to introduce a metal cylinder among the rubblewide enough to evacuate the workersbut a creak made another fear collapseso they aborted this first attempt, reported the AFP news agency.
How they will try to rescue workers trapped in a tunnel in India
The teams are now preparing to drill a vertical hole from the top of the hill where the tunnel is and they need me to have one depth of 89 meters to reach the workers.
The rescuers they communicate with workers using radios and they were able to send them, water, food, oxygen and medicine through a 15 centimeter diameter tube.
“Every effort is being made,” the minister declared in Uttarakhand chief Pushkar Singh Dhamiand insisted that the “workers trapped in the tunnel are safe.”
Experts warn of the impact of excessive construction development on Uttarakhand, where large areas of the state are prone to landslides.
The damaged tunnel is part of a plan to connect the towns of Silkyara and Dangalgaonwhich house two of the most sacred Hindu temples, that of Uttarkashi and that of Yamunotri.
The work is part of a project of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modito improve the connection between some of the most popular Hindu shrines and modernize access to regions near the border with China.
Source: Ambito
