Uttarkashi Tunnel Rescue Operation

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday said that the people in India and across the world were praying to the god for the success in the rescue operation in Uttarkashi's Silkyara tunnel where 41 workers got trapped.

The 41 workers who had been trapped in the tunnel in Uttarkashi for over 400 hours only showed jetlag-like symptoms and were so healthy that none of them made use of the wheeled stretchers that were kept ready to pull them out.

Hope that they would be rescued soon kept many of the workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel in Uttarakhand strong through their ordeal, some of the men said on Wednesday, hours after they were pulled out of 17 days of confinement.

A day after they were rescued from the tunnel where they had been trapped for 17 days, 41 construction workers have been airlifted in an Indian Air Force Chinook and are being taken to AIIMS in Rishikesh.

Rescuers have pulled out all 41 workers trapped for 17 days inside a collapsed Uttarakhand tunnel after rat miners drilled through the debris, triggering jubilation. The focus will now be on what led to the collapse and why the rescue took so long.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to workers, who were rescued from the collapsed tunnel after 17 days, over the phone after the operation was declared a success.

Uttarkashi Tunnel Rescue: PM Modi stated that the courage and patience of the workers are inspiring everyone in the country.

As rescuers in India on Tuesday successfully pulled out all 41 construction workers trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel in Uttarakhand after 17 days, the global media hailed the rescue operation and provided live coverage of the development.

Hope has finally won after 17 days. Workers trapped in Uttarkashi's Silkyara tunnel were brought out on Tuesday evening, ending the 17-day marathon operation, and bringing a huge relief to the country.

Uttarkashi Tunnel Rescue Live: The first workers were pulled out from the collapsed portion of the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi after 17 days.

The Indian Air Force has deployed the twin-rotor heavy lift Chinook helicopter on standby at an airstrip in Uttarakhand's Chinyalisaur, where an emergency medical centre has been set up to treat the 41 workers trapped in the Silkyara tunnel.

The 41 Indian construction workers trapped in a collapsed highway tunnel for 17 days will need long-term support after their rescue, including monitoring for post-traumatic stress disorder, officials said on Tuesday.

Uttarkashi Tunnel Rescue Live: The rat-hole mining technique, which was outlawed in 2014, was used to clear the last few meters in the operation to rescue 41 workers trapped in the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand for the last 17 days.

International tunnelling expert Arnold Dix, who joined the operations to rescue the 41 workers trapped in the collapsed Uttarakhand tunnel earlier this month, today prayed for the safety of labourers.

Forty-one ambulances remain on standby at the collapsed Silkyara tunnel's entrance, ready to whisk the workers away to the nearest medical facility.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday said that the people in India and across the world were praying to the god for the success in the rescue operation in Uttarkashi's Silkyara tunnel where 41 workers got trapped.

The 41 workers who had been trapped in the tunnel in Uttarkashi for over 400 hours only showed jetlag-like symptoms and were so healthy that none of them made use of the wheeled stretchers that were kept ready to pull them out.

Hope that they would be rescued soon kept many of the workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel in Uttarakhand strong through their ordeal, some of the men said on Wednesday, hours after they were pulled out of 17 days of confinement.

A day after they were rescued from the tunnel where they had been trapped for 17 days, 41 construction workers have been airlifted in an Indian Air Force Chinook and are being taken to AIIMS in Rishikesh.

Rescuers have pulled out all 41 workers trapped for 17 days inside a collapsed Uttarakhand tunnel after rat miners drilled through the debris, triggering jubilation. The focus will now be on what led to the collapse and why the rescue took so long.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to workers, who were rescued from the collapsed tunnel after 17 days, over the phone after the operation was declared a success.

Uttarkashi Tunnel Rescue: PM Modi stated that the courage and patience of the workers are inspiring everyone in the country.

As rescuers in India on Tuesday successfully pulled out all 41 construction workers trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel in Uttarakhand after 17 days, the global media hailed the rescue operation and provided live coverage of the development.

Hope has finally won after 17 days. Workers trapped in Uttarkashi's Silkyara tunnel were brought out on Tuesday evening, ending the 17-day marathon operation, and bringing a huge relief to the country.

Uttarkashi Tunnel Rescue Live: The first workers were pulled out from the collapsed portion of the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi after 17 days.

The Indian Air Force has deployed the twin-rotor heavy lift Chinook helicopter on standby at an airstrip in Uttarakhand's Chinyalisaur, where an emergency medical centre has been set up to treat the 41 workers trapped in the Silkyara tunnel.

The 41 Indian construction workers trapped in a collapsed highway tunnel for 17 days will need long-term support after their rescue, including monitoring for post-traumatic stress disorder, officials said on Tuesday.

Uttarkashi Tunnel Rescue Live: The rat-hole mining technique, which was outlawed in 2014, was used to clear the last few meters in the operation to rescue 41 workers trapped in the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand for the last 17 days.

International tunnelling expert Arnold Dix, who joined the operations to rescue the 41 workers trapped in the collapsed Uttarakhand tunnel earlier this month, today prayed for the safety of labourers.

Forty-one ambulances remain on standby at the collapsed Silkyara tunnel's entrance, ready to whisk the workers away to the nearest medical facility.