Tunnel collapse: Brief setback for rescue ops as narrow road stops movement

Efforts to rescue trapped 41 workers in the ongoing Silkyara tunnel collapse received a brief setback when the piling machine being transported for the rescue operation got stuck due to the narrow road leading to the spot.

The traffic has come to a halt on both sides of the main road.

“Due to the narrowness of the road leading to the tunnel and landslides occurring at various places on the way, the machine going to participate in the rescue operation got stuck, and traffic came to a standstill on both sides,” the truck driver carrying the piling machine stated.