"I'm fine uncle, please tell my family": trapped laborer in Uttarkashi tunnel tells official- CMB College

“I’m fine uncle, please tell my family”: trapped laborer in Uttarkashi tunnel tells official

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Officials monitoring the rescue operation sometimes make these laborers talk to their family members through walkie-talkies and pipes.

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40 laborers have been trapped for nearly 5 days after the under-construction Silkyara tunnel collapsed in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi. All attempts to remove them have so far failed. The rescue operation has been restarted on Thursday morning by installing the ‘American Augers’ machine. Even in this difficult situation, the morale of the workers is high. They hope that they will be evacuated safely soon. Officials monitoring the rescue operation sometimes make these laborers talk to their family members through walkie-talkies and pipes. Two days ago, Negi, the site supervisor, spoke to his son. Now another laborer has sent a message to his family through an officer.

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In a video clip, an officer present at the spot can be heard talking to a laborer named Mahadev in Oriya. Mahadev asked the officer to inform his father and uncle that he was fine. The family should not worry. He will be evacuated safely soon. The laborer says, ‘I am fine, I am fine uncle…’

40 laborers trapped in Uttarakhand tunnel, CM Dhami reached the scene and said- All possible efforts are being made to save the laborers.

On Tuesday, a laborer spoke to his son through a pipe
Earlier on Tuesday, Gabbar Singh Negi of Kotdwar, Uttarakhand, spoke to his son through a pipe. Negi told his son that he was getting food and water. Soon the rescue team will evacuate all the workers. Negi works as a moderator on this site. He spoke to his son through the pipe that supplied oxygen to the workers in the tunnel.

NDTV spoke to laborer Negi’s son Akash on Tuesday. He said, “I spoke to my father through the pipe. The pipe has been installed so that oxygen can reach the trapped workers properly.” Akash explains, “My father works as a watchman. I spoke to him today. He said he was helping to keep everyone’s morale high. He asked me not to worry everyone in the house. My father said someone got hurt. No. There was an accident and they were getting enough food and water. The engineers told me that they would be rescued in a few hours. I hope so.

On the day of the accident, Negi’s elder brother Maharaj was also present at the spot. He said his brother has been with the company for more than 22 years, which is involved in the construction of the tunnel. Maharaj said, “My brother has a lot of experience. That’s why the laborers accompanying him are safe. Company officials said pipes are being used to give them food, water and tea.”

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The tunnel is being constructed under the Chardham project
Under the Chardham project, this tunnel is being constructed between Silkyara and Dandalgaon on the Brahmakhal and Yamunotri National Highways. Atul Kumar, technical director of NHIDCL, said on Monday that while removing debris from the tunnel, soil is continuously flowing from above. Due to which the rescue work is getting difficult. We have now planned to evacuate the workers through steel pipes.

Workers are trapped in the buffer zone
Officials said the workers are stuck in the buffer zone and have enough space to move around. “They have about 400 meters of buffer space to move and breathe,” a disaster response official said.

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