CM Dhami visits Uttarkashi tunnel collapse site

Uttarkashi (U’khand): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday arrived at the site in Uttarkashi where 40 workers are trapped after an under-construction tunnel on the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri National Highway partially collapsed a day back.

Rescuers who worked overnight trying to prepare an escape passage for the labourers have managed to contact them on walkie-talkies and



provided them with food and water, the Silkyara police control room said, adding that all workers are safe.

Officials said attempts were being made to stabilise the constantly falling loose debris. A nearly 30-metre stretch of the tunnel being built between Silkyara and Dandalgaon has been affected by the cave-in that happened on Sunday morning.