Nitin Gadkari Visits Uttarkashi Tunnel Collapse Site, Takes Stock Of Rescue Ops

At least 40 workers are said to be trapped after an under-construction tunnel between Silkyara and Dandalgaon on the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri national highway collapsed on November 12.

Amid the ongoing efforts to rescue the 40 workers trapped in the Uttarkashi tunnel, a portion of which caved in earlier, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami reached the scene to review the ongoing rescue and relief operation. They were accompanied by Uttarakhand Chief Secretary SS Sandhu at Silkyara.

Speaking to ANI about the ongoing relief and rescue operations, CM Dhami said, "We are working on all the possibilities available. All types of expert teams are working here..."

CM Dhami said that the state government is ready to provide all the help required to the agencies involved in the rescue operation.