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Home / News / India News / Photos / IN PHOTOS: Rescue efforts in Uttarkashi`s Silkyara tunnel enters 10th day

IN PHOTOS: Rescue efforts in Uttarkashi`s Silkyara tunnel enters 10th day

Updated On: 21 November, 2023 05:38 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday, the second day in a row, to enquire about the progress of the rescue effort at Uttarkashi`s Silkyara tunnel that entered 10th day on November 21. Pics/AFP

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday, the second day in a row, to enquire about the progress of the rescue effort at Uttarkashi`s Silkyara tunnel that entered 10th day on November 21. Pics/AFP

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday, the second day in a row, to enquire about the progress of the rescue effort at Uttarkashi`s Silkyara tunnel that entered 10th day on November 21. Pics/AFP
<p>According to officials, food items like dalia, khichdi, sliced apples and bananas can be sent in through the new pipeline. Also, mobile phones and chargers could also be sent to the workers</p>

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According to officials, food items like dalia, khichdi, sliced apples and bananas can be sent in through the new pipeline. Also, mobile phones and chargers could also be sent to the workers

<p>On social media, CM Dhami said that he informed PM Modi about communicating with the workers using the endoscopic camera</p>

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On social media, CM Dhami said that he informed PM Modi about communicating with the workers using the endoscopic camera

<p>The tunnel collapsed following a landslide early on November 12, leaving 41 workers trapped behind a huge mound of debris</p>

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The tunnel collapsed following a landslide early on November 12, leaving 41 workers trapped behind a huge mound of debris

<p>On Friday afternoon, efforts to drill through the debris with a huge auger machine received a setback when it encountered a boulder</p>

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On Friday afternoon, efforts to drill through the debris with a huge auger machine received a setback when it encountered a boulder

<p>Apart from resuming this operation, which involves inserting sections of a steel pipe as the machine drills through, rescue agencies have begun work on a bunch of alternative plans</p>

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Apart from resuming this operation, which involves inserting sections of a steel pipe as the machine drills through, rescue agencies have begun work on a bunch of alternative plans

<p>Drilling from the other, Balkot-end, of the tunnel is another alternative on which the rescue agencies are working. Drlling parallel tunnels is also being considered</p>

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Drilling from the other, Balkot-end, of the tunnel is another alternative on which the rescue agencies are working. Drlling parallel tunnels is also being considered

<p>Some of the heavy machinery for these new approaches has reached the disaster site</p>

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Some of the heavy machinery for these new approaches has reached the disaster site

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