Laser, Gas Cutter, Broken Parts Of Drill Machine In Uttarakhand. See Pics
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National and international experts are assisting in the rescue operations, which began on November 12 after a portion of the under-construction tunnel on the Char Dham route collapsed.
Government agencies have been engaged in the ongoing rescue operations at the Silkyara Tunnel in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi, where 41 workers remain trapped for the past 15 days.
National and international experts are assisting in the rescue operations, which began on November 12 after a portion of the under-construction tunnel on the Char Dham route collapsed following a landslide.
Work is currently underway to retrieve the parts of the auger machine, which got stuck during the horizontal drilling inside the tunnel.
A DRDO team with a plasma cutter was today flown in from Hyderabad to cut and remove parts of the auger machine. However, the cutting of the auger with the plasma cutter had to be stopped due to operational difficulties at the site, following which gas cutters were used.
