Steel rods blocking rescue efforts removed at Slikyara Tunnel collapse site

Prayers are being held for the safe passage of the 41 workers trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi since November 12, as the rescue operation enters its final stage. The prayers were offered at a temple built at the main entrance of the tunnel days after the incident took place.

This even as more technical experts arrived to aide in the rescue operation. Former advisor to the Prime Minister’s Office, Bhaskar Khulbe, supervising the multi-agency rescue operation, reached the tunnel site on Thursday.

According to Kulbe one of the main hindrances, the presence of steel rods along the path of the rescue pipes have now been removed.