After eight days, rescue operations in the Char Dham Highway's Uttarakashi tunnel are still ongoing. After more than 200 hours, no significant progress has been made. The families of the 41 workers who are still stuck in the tunnel are becoming increasingly impatient with the rescue efforts.
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00:00 After 8 days, rescue operations in the Chardham Highway's Uttarakashi tunnel are still undergoing.
00:12 After more than 200 hours, no significant progress has been made.
00:16 The families of the 41 workers who are still stuck in the tunnel are becoming increasingly
00:20 impatient with the rescue efforts.
00:22 However, this evening may finally bring some respite as a big feat has been achieved.
00:27 The first step toward rescuing the 41 workers who have been stuck in the collapsed Silkyal
00:31 Barkot tunnel in Uttarakashi since last weekend has been implemented.
00:35 Reportedly, a new 6-inch pipe has reached within the tunnel, making it easier for the
00:40 rescue teams to deliver food supplies inside the tunnel for trapped workers.
00:44 Anshu Manshish Khalko, the director of National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation
00:48 Limited, was extremely delighted by the feat.
00:52 The team decided that installing a 6-inch pipe would be beneficial so that the trapped
00:56 workers could hear us through and it should be the top priority, the company said.
01:00 The team will now provide food and medical supplies to the trapped workers through that
01:04 pipe.
01:05 The effects of irregular feeding schedules and low oxygen levels on their health were
01:09 a causing concern, but those worries should not be allayed.
01:12 To make the drill machines reach the top of the hill, the Border and Roads Organisation,
01:16 also known as the BRO, has constructed an access road earlier in the day.
01:20 Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also re-contacted Uttarakhand's Chief Minister Pushkar Singh
01:24 Dhami to enquire about the ongoing relief efforts for the rescuing of 41 workers trapped
01:28 in the tunnel.
01:29 The PMO team has inspected the site and is vigilantly overseeing the situation, coordinating
01:34 rescue operations.
01:35 Dhami assured that the state government would cover the expenses of those families seeking
01:39 the information about the trapped workers, expressing concern.
01:42 PM Modi also queried about the situation multiple times.
01:45 He affirmed the provision of essential rescue equipment and resources by the central government.
01:50 The question, meanwhile, still lingers.
01:52 How much time will it require to rescue all the trapped workers?
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