Nearly 40 workers trapped in Uttarkashi Tunnel

Several workers are feared trapped inside a tunnel in Uttarakhand after a part of the under-construction structure collapsed. Efforts are on to open the tunnel and rescue the trapped workers from the tunnel. The tunnel is meant to connect Silkyara to Dandalgaon in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi. It is being built under the Char Dham Road Project and aims to reduce the journey from Uttarkashi to Yamunotri Dham by 26 kilometers. As soon as information about the incident was received, the district administration sounded an alert and Uttarkashi Superintendent of Police Arpan Yaduvanshi reached the spot. According to reports, 40 workers are feared trapped. Authorities said that nearly 200 metres of the slab will have to be cleared to open the tunnel. A narrow opening has been made to insert an oxygen pipe in the tunnel and help the trapped labourers.