Team Blitz India
NEW DELHI: PM Modi on November 24 spoke to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on the phone and sought information about the ongoing rescue operation of 41 workers trapped at the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi since November 12.
According to the Uttrakhand Government, PM Modi also inquired about the condition of the workers and gave some important instructions to CM Dhami.
“Information was taken about the rescue operation..The PM also inquired about the condition of the workers trapped inside the tunnel and the food and daily routine items provided to them,” the Department of Information and Public Relations of Uttarakhand said.
On November 12, a portion of the under-construction tunnel from Silkyara to Barkot collapsed and debris falling in the 60-metre stretch on the Silkyara side of the tunnel trapped 41 labourers inside.