It has been 14 days since the Uttarkashi Tunnel accident. If we look at the last three days, it seemed that the rescue will be completed soon and 41 laborers trapped inside the tunnel will be taken out, but till now the result is zero. Some obstacle or the other is bound to emerge. According to Australian tunnel expert Arnold Dix, the auger machine used for drilling has completely failed. The blades of the machine are broken. In such a situation the machine is of no use.
If we look at the current rescue operation, the drilling work has stopped since Friday night. The blade of the auger machine has got stuck in the rebar covered in debris, due to which the entire rescue operation has come to a standstill. If sources are to be believed, the blade of the auger machine is stuck under about 6 meters of debris. It is being removed by cutting it manually and it is estimated to take several hours. Only after this, if the machine is repaired again, drilling will be possible.
When will the workers come out of the tunnel?
Now officers are avoiding answering this question. Because, new obstacles are increasing the problems. At first even the officers felt that the workers would be rescued soon. But after the failure of the auger machine, there is disappointment among the officers and employees associated with the rescue operation. If drilling work starts manually, it may take two to three more days to rescue the workers. However, the team of doctors present there is definitely boosting the morale of the workers trapped in the tunnel.
Vertical technology will be adopted
For the last three days, drilling work was going on in a horizontal manner somewhere. But with this technology, the hope of success in the rescue operation is decreasing. In view of this, now machines are also being sent above for vertical rescue. Eight-ten meters more drilling is left.
