Uttarkashi Tunnel Rescue Op In Last Phase, Ambulances On Standby: 10 Facts

In a race against time, rescue teams are inching closer to concluding the operation to save 41 workers trapped inside a collapsed tunnel in Uttarakhand. Girish Singh Rawat, a member of the rescue team, said early Thursday morning that the rescue operation was almost in its final stage, with expectations of results within the next 1-2 hours.

NDRF personnel enter the Silkyara tunnel as the operation to rescue 41 trapped workers intensifies, in Uttarkashi on Wednesday.(ANI)

"Rescue operation is almost in the last stage, I hope the result will come in 1-2 hours...pipeline is being inserted to take out the workers...the steel pieces that were stuck in the debris were cut and removed," Rawat said.