<p> Uttarkashi: A 15-man strong NDRF team led by a commandant has been tasked to take out one by one the 41 labourers stuck for the last 10 days in the collapsed Silkyara Tunnel in Uttarkashi.</p>.<p> The evacuation method which involves a series of 800 mm diameter steel pipes has proven to be a big challenge for the rescuers so far.</p>.<p> The NDRF jawans have conducted a mock drill on how they will go through the pipe to the other side of the rubble where the labourers are stuck, NDRF second-in-command (2 ic) Ravi Shankar Badhani told PTI.</p>.Uttarkashi Tunnel Collapse: Rescuers just 18 metres away from trapped labourers.<p> A team of doctors has been deployed inside the tunnel as well as ambulances outside for the safe passage of the rescued.</p>.<p> According to the evacuation plan, wheel-fitted low-height stretchers will be taken to the other side where workers are trapped, a government source said.</p>.<p> The men from the National Disaster Response Force, wearing oxygen kits, will crawl through the pipe carrying a stretcher, a rope, and oxygen kits for workers.</p>.<p> 'The stretcher will be tied with ropes from both sides and one by one, these workers will be taken out,' an officer told PTI.</p>.<p> A team of NDRF will stay put on the other side till every worker is evacuated, the officer said.</p>.<p> The ambulances will transport the workers to a hospital, set up in Chinyalisaur, about 30 kilometres from the tunnel spot.</p>.<p> Forty-one ambulances stand ready outside the tunnel to transport the evacuees to the Chinyalisaur CHC where a separate ward has been created for them with 41 oxygen-supported beds, said the officer. </p>
<p> Uttarkashi: A 15-man strong NDRF team led by a commandant has been tasked to take out one by one the 41 labourers stuck for the last 10 days in the collapsed Silkyara Tunnel in Uttarkashi.</p>.<p> The evacuation method which involves a series of 800 mm diameter steel pipes has proven to be a big challenge for the rescuers so far.</p>.<p> The NDRF jawans have conducted a mock drill on how they will go through the pipe to the other side of the rubble where the labourers are stuck, NDRF second-in-command (2 ic) Ravi Shankar Badhani told PTI.</p>.Uttarkashi Tunnel Collapse: Rescuers just 18 metres away from trapped labourers.<p> A team of doctors has been deployed inside the tunnel as well as ambulances outside for the safe passage of the rescued.</p>.<p> According to the evacuation plan, wheel-fitted low-height stretchers will be taken to the other side where workers are trapped, a government source said.</p>.<p> The men from the National Disaster Response Force, wearing oxygen kits, will crawl through the pipe carrying a stretcher, a rope, and oxygen kits for workers.</p>.<p> 'The stretcher will be tied with ropes from both sides and one by one, these workers will be taken out,' an officer told PTI.</p>.<p> A team of NDRF will stay put on the other side till every worker is evacuated, the officer said.</p>.<p> The ambulances will transport the workers to a hospital, set up in Chinyalisaur, about 30 kilometres from the tunnel spot.</p>.<p> Forty-one ambulances stand ready outside the tunnel to transport the evacuees to the Chinyalisaur CHC where a separate ward has been created for them with 41 oxygen-supported beds, said the officer. </p>