They remember that not losing hope, encouraging each other, doing yoga and moving around the two-kilometer-long and 8.5-meter-high section of the tunnel in which they were trapped helped them survive the uncertainty, reports Reuters.
The moment when the rescuers were able to provide them with communication with the outside world, deliver oxygen, food, drink, medicines and phone chargers through the technical service pipes helped the most. “On the first day, everyone was very hopeless and sad. We didn’t know if anyone outside knew that we were trapped. But when the rescuers contacted us through the tube, we learned what steps were being taken to rescue us. Now me, my family and our whole village is very happy,” Reuters quotes 39-year-old worker Birendra Kiška.
On Tuesday, the workers were pulled out one by one from the underground through a 90 cm wide passage drilled in the fallen stones, earth and concrete blockage, in which a 60 meter long pipe was inserted.
The 4.5-kilometer-long Silkyar Tunnel is for the construction of the $1.5 billion Char Dhama Highway, one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious projects to connect Hindu pilgrimage sites with an 890-kilometer road network.
2023-11-30 06:31:02
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