Uttarakhand tunnel collapse Live: How much digging is still left?

According to Colonel Deepak Patil who is leading the rescue efforts of the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL), the work of laying a 12-meter pipeline is still left at the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi to rescue 41 workers.

The steel rods found embedded in the debris have been cut and removed by personnel who joined the operation from Andaman. “The front part of the last pipe was damaged; the work of cutting it is going on. We have to join two joints, it will take 6 hours. Currently, only a 44-meter pipeline is being laid officially,” he said.