NDRF and SDRF personnel and police have been undertaking a search and rescue operation to save 40 workers trapped in an under-construction tunnel on the Char Dham route.
A portion of the tunnel between Silkyara and Dandalgaon on the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri national highway collapsed in early hours of Sunday. All workers were safe and communicating, officials said on Monday as CM Pushkar Singh Dhami visited the site. However, authorities said the rescue operation could take up to two more days. Oxygen is being pumped through a water pipe into the collapsed section in order to ensure that the trapped labourers don’t have breathing problems.
