Negligence in Construction: Serious Concerns Arise in Silkyara Tunnel Project in Uttarkashi

&NewLine;<p>November 15&comma; 2023 – A significant case of negligence has emerged in the construction of the Silkyara Tunnel in Uttarkashi&period; In a sensitive section of the tunnel where landslides occurred&comma; instead of using garter ribs for support&comma; steel ribs were applied&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>People associated with the tunnel construction claim that if garter ribs had been used&comma; the landslide might not have occurred&period; Last Sunday&comma; a landslide incident occurred in the under-construction Silkyara Tunnel&comma; trapping 40 workers inside&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>A major lapse by the construction company has come to light&period; A machine operator in the tunnel revealed&comma; on the condition of anonymity&comma; that the carelessness of those associated with the company has put the lives of 40 individuals in jeopardy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Perhaps&comma; the incident could have been avoided&period; According to the machine operator&comma; the area where the landslide occurred&comma; about 200 meters inside the tunnel mouth&comma; is sensitive&period; Instead of using garter ribs&comma; 32mm steel ribs were applied&period; These ribs couldn&&num;8217&semi;t withstand the pressure of the landslide&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Two sensitive points inside the tunnel are directly affected by landslides during construction&period; One point is about 200 meters from the Silkyara mouth&comma; where a landslide has already occurred&period; Another point is located between 2000 to 2100 meters from the Silkyara mouth&period; A machine operator confirmed that permanent treatment has been carried out in the sensitive part between 2000 and 2100 meters&comma; but not in the area near 200 meters&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Two machines are trapped due to the landslide in the debris on Sunday&period; A shotcrete machine and a boom machine were reported to be trapped during the treatment process&period; Fortunately&comma; the workers managed to escape unhurt when the lightweight debris fell&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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