Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: BJP criticises Congress for post against PM Modi, calls it ‘unfortunate’ New Delhi [India], November 28 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party leader Dushyant Kumar Gautam hit out at the Congress party on Tuesday over its post against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in connection with the tunnel collapse in Uttarakhand.
Dushyant Kumar called the post ‘unfortunate’ and said, “At a time when the whole country is praying for the lives of those 41 trapped labourers, despite being responsible Congress is engaged in banter or insulting others. It is very unfortunate.”
Congress party’s official handle on X, earlier today, posted an animated picture that shows PM Modi showing a green flag in front of the Silkyara tunnel with a caption that read, “Install some cameras and then get darshan of Saheb”.
Meanwhile, multi-pronged rescue efforts continue at the Silkyara Tunnel collapse site. The relatives of the 41 trapped labourers have been asked to be prepared and keep the clothes and bags of the workers ready as the ongoing rescue effort raises hopes of an early evacuation.
According to the sources, the workers will be taken to Chinyalisaur Hospital after being rescued from the collapse site.
The efforts to rescue 41 trapped labourers has progressed with manual drilling works getting completed on Tuesday afternoon.
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As per official sources, the vertical drilling which was paused last night has also resumed and about 43 metres of drilling work have been done so far out of the 86 metres needed. The remaining work may take another 40 to 50 hours.
However, officials part of the vertical drilling team said that the work undertaken from the mouth of the tunnel is seen as the more feasible rescue option and that it will be completed faster than vertical drilling, ANI reported.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami who has been monitoring the rescue operation tweeted that the manual drilling operation has been completed.
(With inputs from ANI)