Uttarkashi tunnel rescue: New equipment shows some results, raises hopes
A heavy-duty drilling machine bored through 12 metres of rubble of the collapsed tunnel on the Char Dham route in Uttarakhand on Thursday, raising hopes for the rescue of 40 workers trapped inside for over four days.
Officials said in the evening that a six-metre section of a steel pipe had been inserted into the bored passage. Another section was being welded into it.
The plan is to insert 800 mm- and 900 mm diameter pipes one after the other — with the help of the giant drill till an escape passage is created for the workers stranded beyond the collapsed portion of the tunnel.
