LIVE END: Tunnel Collapse on Yamunotri National Highway: Rescue Operation Underway

&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center"><strong>THE OPERATION HAS ENDED&comma; ALL WORKERS SAFE AND RESCUED&excl;<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The prayers for the safe rescue of 41 laborers trapped in the Silkyara Tunnel in Uttarkashi have been answered&period; Under Operation Silkyara&comma; when the last worker emerged from the tunnel and took a breath of fresh air&comma; a message of changing Uttarakhand resonated in the country and the world&period; Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Chief Minister Dhami on the successful return of 41 workers from Silkyara and conveyed his best wishes over the phone&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<hr class&equals;"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity"&sol;>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>10&colon;10 AM&comma; 29-Nov-2023<&sol;strong>&colon; <em>&&num;8220&semi;We have received good news&colon; Anil Bediya&&num;8217&semi;s father&&num;8221&semi; <&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>All 41 workers rescued from the Silkyara Tunnel&comma; including Jharkhand laborer Anil Bediya&comma; have been saved&period; Anil Bediya&&num;8217&semi;s father says&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Yes&comma; we have received good news&period; I have spoken to him&comma; and he said he is fine but undergoing a checkup&period; Our only request to the government was to ensure their safe rescue&period; Both the central and state governments have provided assistance&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>10&colon;07 AM&comma; 29-Nov-2023<&sol;strong>&colon; <em>&&num;8220&semi;Igas Bagwal&&num;8221&semi; celebration at CM Dhami&&num;8217&semi;s residence<&sol;em> <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In honor of the successful rescue of 41 workers from the Silkyara Tunnel&comma; an &&num;8220&semi;Igas Bagwal&&num;8221&semi; celebration will take place at Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami&&num;8217&semi;s residence in Dehradun this evening&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>10&colon;05 AM&comma; 29-Nov-2023<&sol;strong>&colon; <em>&&num;8220&semi;My husband has been safely rescued&&num;8221&semi;&colon; Bhoomika Chaudhary<&sol;em> <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Bhoomika Chaudhary&comma; the wife of Ankit Kumar&comma; rescued from the Silkyara Tunnel in Uttarakhand&comma; says&comma; &&num;8220&semi;As soon as we received the call that my husband has been safely rescued&comma; we celebrated Diwali&period; My father has gone to Uttarakhand to bring him back&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>10&colon;00 AM&comma; 29-Nov-2023<&sol;strong>&colon;<em> &&num;8220&semi;Everyone is fine and very happy&&num;8221&semi;&colon; Prem Chand Agrawal <&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Uttarakhand Minister Prem Chand Agrawal reached the Chinyalisaur Community Health Center to meet the 41 workers successfully rescued from the Silkyara Tunnel&period; After meeting the workers&comma; he said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Everyone is fine and very happy&period; They have all had a meal&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>09&colon;39 AM&comma; 29-Nov-2023<&sol;strong>&colon; <em>&&num;8220&semi;We kept trying to get everyone out&&num;8221&semi;&colon; Vishwajeet Kumar Varma <&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Vishwajeet Kumar Varma&comma; one of the 41 workers successfully rescued from the Uttarkashi Tunnel&comma; says&comma; &&num;8220&semi;When the mudslide occurred&comma; we realized we were trapped&period; Efforts were made to get all of us out&period; Arrangements were made for everything&comma; including oxygen and food&period; We faced difficulties for the first 10-15 hours&comma; but later&comma; food was provided through a pipe&period; A microphone was set up&comma; and we could talk to our families&period; Now&comma; I am happy&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>09&colon;36 AM&comma; 29-Nov-2023<&sol;strong>&colon; <em>&&num;8220&semi;I am healthy&comma; no worries&&num;8221&semi;&colon; Subodh Kumar <&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>One of the workers&comma; Subodh Kumar Varma&comma; rescued successfully from the Uttarkashi Tunnel&comma; says&comma; &&num;8220&semi;We faced difficulties related to food and air for 24 hours inside the tunnel&period; After that&comma; food and drinks were sent through a pipe&period; I am healthy&comma; no worries&period; The efforts of the central and state governments allowed me to come out&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>09&colon;24 AM&comma; 29-Nov-2023<&sol;strong>&colon; <em>&&num;8220&semi;We worked as a wonderful team&&num;8221&semi;&colon; Arnold Dix<&sol;em> <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Arnold Dix&comma; an international tunneling specialist involved in the successful rescue of the 41 workers from the Uttarkashi Tunnel&comma; said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;We were calm&comma; and we knew what we had to do&period; We worked as a wonderful team&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s a joy to be part of this successful mission with India&&num;8217&semi;s best engineers&comma; the military&comma; and all agencies&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>09&colon;21 AM&comma; 29-Nov-2023<&sol;strong>&colon; <em>&&num;8220&semi;A man should not lose courage&&num;8221&semi;&colon; Bhaskar Khulbe<&sol;em> <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Former adviser to the PMO&comma; Bhaskar Khulbe&comma; says&comma; &&num;8220&semi;The courage shown by these 41 workers is inspiring&period; A man should not lose courage even in adversity&period; Their courage boosted our morale&comma; and we were able to accomplish this task&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>09&colon;20 AM&comma; 29-Nov-2023<&sol;strong>&colon; <em>&&num;8220&semi;All workers safely out by God&&num;8217&semi;s grace&&num;8221&semi;&colon; Hooda<&sol;em> <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>After the successful rescue of 41 workers from the Uttarkashi Tunnel&comma; former Haryana Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda says&comma; &&num;8220&semi;The entire country was praying that they &lpar;the workers&rpar; come out safely&period; Many efforts were made in this rescue campaign&comma; and by God&&num;8217&semi;s grace&comma; all workers have come out alive&period; I congratulate them and wish their families well&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>09&colon;18 AM&comma; 29-Nov-2023<&sol;strong>&colon; <em>&&num;8216&semi;Shouts of &&num;8220&semi;Bharat Mata Ki Jai&&num;8221&semi;&&num;8216&semi;<&sol;em> <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>After the successful rescue campaign in Uttarkashi&comma; the enthusiastic rescue team inside the Silkyara Tunnel chanted &&num;8220&semi;Bharat Mata Ki Jai&&num;8221&semi; &lpar;Victory to Mother India&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>07&colon;11 PM&comma; 28-Nov-2023<&sol;strong>&colon; <em>PM Modi talks to workers on the phone<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>17 days after the successful rescue of 41 workers trapped in Uttarakhand&&num;8217&semi;s Silkyara Tunnel&comma; Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to them on the phone&period; He said that with the blessings of Baba Kedarnath&comma; all of them have come out safely&period; He acknowledged the challenge of staying in the tunnel for 16 days and praised their determination&period; He also congratulated Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and gathered information about the workers from him&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>07&colon;01 PM&comma; 28-Nov-2023<&sol;strong>&colon; PM Modi talks to workers on the phone&comma; CM and VK Singh to reach Silkyara After 17 days of intense efforts&comma; the operation to rescue 41 workers&comma; the longest rescue operation in the country for workers trapped in a tunnel or mine&comma; has been successful&period; Today&comma; Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and General VK Chinyalisaur will reach the base hospital&period; Here&comma; they will inquire about the workers&&num;8217&semi; well-being and distribute relief checks of one lakh rupees each to the 41 workers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The rescue operation for the 41 workers trapped in the Silkyara Tunnel in Uttarkashi for 16 days was not easy&period; Every day&comma; new hopes and challenges accompanied this operation&period; The first indigenous auger machine was brought on November 13 to rescue the trapped workers&comma; but it couldn&&num;8217&semi;t function according to its capacity&comma; leading to its removal&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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