Uttarakhand Tunnel Rescue: The rescue officers additionally spoke to some staff by means of Walkie Talkie.
In a significant growth, the rescue officers – who had been working continuous to achieve the employees trapped inside a tunnel in Uttarakhand for the final 10 days – have managed to seize their pictures by means of an endoscopy digital camera.
The endoscopy digital camera was despatched contained in the tunnel by means of a six-inch pipe that was pushed by means of the rubble final night time to ship meals objects for the employees.
The rescue officers additionally spoke to some staff by means of Walkie Talkies or radio handsets. Within the video, the rescue officers are seen asking the employees to return in entrance of the digital camera.
“Aap digital camera ke paas walkie talkie pe aake baat karein (are available entrance of the digital camera and speak to us by means of Walkie Talkie),” an official is heard asking them.
The rescuers had been despatched khichdi in glass bottles – their first scorching meal in 10 days – by means of the pipe final night time. Earlier, solely dry fruits and water might be despatched in.
Rescue operation in-charge Colonel Deepak Patil stated the employees may also be despatched mobiles, and chargers by means of the pipe.
Over the previous week, repeated makes an attempt to rescue the employees had failed owing to a number of challenges, together with the topography and the character of rocks within the space.
The Centre has devised a five-option motion plan that contain drilling from three sides to entry the trapped staff. 5 totally different companies have been tasked with finishing up every operation.
Two tunnels can be drilled horizontally from the suitable and left sides of the principle tunnel, whereas a vertical shaft can be drilled from the highest of the tunnel.
The round the clock rescue work is being carried out by a number of companies, together with NDRF, SDRF, BRO, and the ITBP. A global tunnelling professional crew additionally arrived on the spot yesterday. A robotics crew from defence analysis group DRDO has additionally reached.
The 41 staff have been caught since final Sunday after a portion of the tunnel caved in. Officers stated that every one staff are protected and are being provided meals and water by means of metal pipes which have been drilled into the opening.
The under-construction tunnel is a part of the formidable Char Dham mission, a nationwide infrastructure initiative to reinforce connectivity to the Hindu pilgrimage websites of Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri, and Yamunotri.
