Uttarakhand: Rescuers will carry out the trapped employees on stretchers
New Delhi:
The forty-one employees who’re trapped below a collapsed tunnel in Uttarakhand will likely be pulled out on wheeled stretchers one after the other by way of an enormous pipe that’s nonetheless being drilled to succeed in them, Nationwide Catastrophe Response Drive (NDRF) Director Common Atul Karwal instructed information company PTI in the present day.
The rescuers had additionally thought-about the choice of creating the employees crawl out one after the other. Their well being situation, nonetheless, could stop them from crawling out on their very own, following 12 days of residing below the particles of the tunnel with none pure mild and full meals, although they’ve been given provides by way of small “lifeline” pipes.
The NDRF personnel will slide in by way of the pipe and as soon as they attain the employees, they are going to use the stretchers to ship out employees one after the other, Mr Karwal mentioned, based on PTI.
Each employee will likely be made to lie low on the stretcher to forestall their limbs from scrapping the welded pipe’s steel underside whereas NDRF personnel pull the stretcher with a rope, officers mentioned.
The rescue operation to carry out the 41 employees trapped in Uttarakhand’s Silkyara tunnel resumed this morning after an iron mesh that had come within the path of the auger machine drilling an escape path was eliminated.
The 800-mm diameter rescue pipe will likely be cleaned by the NDRF and its state counterpart to make sure no particles prevents the motion of the stretchers, Mr Karwal mentioned, including the pipe is broad sufficient to carry out the employees.
“These 800-mm pipes have a width of practically 32 inches, which is sufficient. Even when we get a width of 22-24 inches, we will pull out individuals by way of them. Our males have carried out rehearsals for the train,” Mr Karwal mentioned.
Because the auger machine drills by way of, pipes are being pushed by way of the particles. As soon as a pipe is all in, one other is welded to it. On this method, the escape route is being prepped for the trapped employees out of their lengthy confinement. Welders have been flown in from Delhi to place collectively the ultimate stretch of the pipe. They may get to work as soon as the drilling ends.
“The subsequent pipe is being welded now. We plan to drill two extra pipes now in order that we obtain a size of as much as 60 metres by way of the rubble to get some prolonged area,” Mr Karwal mentioned.
The NDRF chief mentioned Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami talked to the trapped employees they usually seemed to be in good spirits.
“Individuals who work in tunnels are mentally robust and they’re conscious of the massive efforts being carried out to evacuate them. So they’re optimistic,” Mr Karwal mentioned.
A 2-km part of the tunnel the place concrete work has been accomplished is the main focus of the rescue efforts as this secured part has electrical energy, water provide and a brand new six-inch-diameter pipe to ship cooked meals and medicines, other than the prevailing four-inch-diameter lifeline.
Utilizing the second lifeline, the trapped employees are being given meals like roti, subzi, khichdi, daliya, oranges and bananas, and medicines and different necessities such T-shirts, undergarments, toothpaste and cleaning soap.
With inputs from PTI
