Uttarkashi Tunnel Collapse: Members of the Robotics Machine Team of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Monday visited the site where operations are underway to rescue the 41 workers trapped under the rubble of a partly collapsed under-construction tunnel in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi, news agency ANI reported. This came as the ongoing rescue operation entered its ninth day. 

Earlier in the day, a team of international tunneling experts arrived at the scene of the rescue operation to assist the rescuers. President of the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association, Arnold Dix, was also a part of the team and had reached to oversee the operations.

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"It is looking good but we have to decide whether it's good or a trap, because it's looking very positive. I have got the best experts for this Himalayan geology here, I'm just one" Professor Dix was reported as saying by ANI. He also lauded the rescue efforts, saying, "Great work is being done here... The team here is fantastic. The plans are looking fantastic. The work is very systematic. The food and the medication are being provided properly."

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(President of the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association, Arnold Dix, speaks to the media at the incident site in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi on Monday. Pic credits: ANI)

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He added, "We are going back to the office to talk about what we've seen and we need to compare about what we have seen here above the tunnel with what we know about what is happening in the tunnel. This actually helps us make the proper decision because we are rescuing those 41 men and we are not letting anyone get hurt while we're doing that but to that, we need to be very careful."

 

(With inputs from ANI)


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