For Uttarakhand Tunnel Rescue, Call Made To Firm That Saved Thai Children From Cave
NDTV
Three special aircraft of the Indian Air Force are transporting a special 25-tonne machine.
After a landslide and technical issues hampered rescue efforts, three special aircraft of the Indian Air Force are transporting a 25-tonne ray of hope for the 40 labourers who have been trapped in a tunnel in Uttarakhand for over three days now.
Special teams from Thailand and Norway, including the one that had helped save the children stuck in a cave in Thailand in 2018, have also been roped in to aid in the rescue of the labourers who were trapped after the under-construction tunnel collapsed on the Char Dham route in Uttarkashi early on Sunday morning.
The special machine, which is being brought to the site from Delhi, can penetrate 4-5 metres of debris in an hour and, if all goes well, help push the rescue pipe to the spot where the labourers are trapped in 10-12 hours. The pipe has a diameter of 900 mm, which will be enough for the men to squeeze through
