Dhami keeps his promise to construct Baukhnag Temple at Silkyara Tunnel collapse site
The other side of the tunnel was finally opened one-and-a-half years after the trapped workers were rescued in 2023.
The other side of the tunnel was finally opened one-and-a-half years after the trapped workers were rescued in 2023.
The entire team met the CM who praised them for their contribution and helped extracting the trapped workers.
Following the auger machine failure, vertical drilling is being done to create an escape passage to reach trapped workers.
Speaking to media, the chief minister said the auger machine employed for horizontal drilling of escape passage was stuck in a heavy metallic obstruction since Friday evening.
The tunnel operation is in the final stage and "big news" is expected in a few more hours today.
Only 12 meter of drilling is left to reach the trapped workers and rescue operation is likely to complete within next few hours.
“The key is to go slow, go about the initial digging with utmost care, proper cementing and consolidation of the same and then only move ahead for drilling further,” said the Padma Bhushan awardee
