Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday🦂 visited the S💯ilkyara-Barkot tunnel site for a review of the rescue operations being carried out there to evacuate 40 labourers trapped inside since Sunday morning following its partial collapse.
Dhami inspected the site here along with officialಞs and discussed the strategy being followed for the safe rescue of the trappe𓆉d workers.
He asked the officials and multiple agencies engaged in the rescue operations inside the under construction tunnel to work with coo🅺rdination and inform the administration immediately of their requirements in terms of resources.
All resources and tecඣhnical help will be provided to them as soon as possible, Dhami said.
All options are beinꦡg tried for the safe rescue of the trapped workers and large diametre hume pipes are being transported to the project🍌 site from Haridwar and Dehradun, he said.
Talking to reporters after inspecting the site, Dhami said all agencies are wo𝔍rking tirelessly for the safe rescue of trapped workꦚers.
"Safely rescuing the trapped workers is our priority. Rescue operation is being carried out expeditiously. I want to assure the families of the ܫtrapped labourers that they will be safely rescued soon," Dhami said.
The Centre and the state government are workꦗ🐷ing together for the safe exit of the trapped labourers, he said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken a detailed update on the rescue operations and assured of all possible help, he saܫid.
Accordไing to officials, messages have been exchanged with the trapped workers through a pipe. Oxygen, food items and drinking water have been supplied to the trapped labourers through a pipe.
Uttarkashi District Magistrate Abhishek Ruhela, Superintendent of Police Arpan Yaduvanshi and officials of the NHIDCL and other agencies supervising the rescue operations said biღg exc🔜avator machines have been brought to the spot to remove the debris.
The 40 trapped workers include 15 from Jhark🍰hand, eight from Uttar Pradesh, five from Odisha, four from Bihar, three from West Bengal, two each from Uttarakhand and Assam and one from Himachal Pradesh.
-With PTI Input
