'I Am Okay, Tell My Family': Labourer Trapped In Uttarakhand Tunnel Tells Official
NDTV
An audio clip surfaced of the labourer talking to an official in Odiya.
It's been more than four days since 40 construction workers have been trapped in a tunnel in Uttarakhand, but far from losing hope and letting their morale flag, they are eager to let their families know that they are okay. A supervisor from Uttarakhand assured his son not to worry on Tuesday, and another labourer was heard telling an official something along similar lines in an audio clip that surfaced on Thursday.
In the clip, an official is heard speaking to the construction worker, called Mahadev, in Odiya. The official asks Mahadev to tell his father and uncle that he is doing fine and they should not worry. To this, Mahadev says he is doing okay. When he is asked to repeat this, the labourer says, "I am fine, I am fine uncle."
On Tuesday, Gabbar Singh Negi from Kotdwar in Uttarakhand, who is a supervisor trapped in the tunnel, spoke to his son through the pipe that has been installed to ensure that oxygen reaches the trapped labourers.
