Drilling to resume shortly: NDMA on Silkyara tunnel rescue operations
No progress since Thursday, drilling to resume shortly: NDMA on Silkyara tunnel rescue ops National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Friday said no further progress in drilling through the debris at the Silkyara tunnel in Uttrakhand to rescue 41 trapped workers has been made since Thursday but assured that the drilling by auger machine will start soon.
The drilling process was stopped on Thursday because of obstructions, but the repair work is being done to restart the process, using an auger machine, shortly.
“By any means”, the trapped workers will be rescued as all resources are being used, said NDMA member Lt Gen (retd) Syed Ata Hasnain while briefing media on rescue operations.
