Uttarkashi: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami Wednesday met the workers rescued from the Silkyara tunnel and kept under medical observation at a hospital in Chinyalisaur and handed over Rs 1 lakh to each of them.
He also spoke to their family members
waiting outside the hospital. They thanked him for safely evacuating the trapped workers after almost 17 days.
In the hospital, Dhami went from bed to bed speaking to each one of the rescued workers and handing over cheques to them.