New Delhi:Approximately 40 laborers, who were trapped inside an under-construction tunnel on the National Highway in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, have been confirmed safe following a collapse early Sunday morning. To ensure their well-being, oxygen and water are being supplied through pipes.
Uttarkashi’s Circle Officer, Prashant Kumar, reassured, “All 40 individuals inside the tunnel are safe; we have facilitated the provision of oxygen and water to them.”
rashant Kumar also said, ‘The current situation is that yesterday we established communication with the people trapped inside the tunnel. We have gone about 15 meters inside the tunnel, and about 35 meters are still to go.
Communication has been established with the people trapped inside and they are all safe. We have provided oxygen and water. We are making our way along the side to go inside the tunnel.