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A total of five agencies – ONGC, SJVNL, RVNL, NHIDCL, and THDCL – have been assigned specific responsibilities to evacuate the 41 labourers trapped for 13 days in the two-km-built portion of the under-construction Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi following a landslide.

Arnold Dix, the Australia-based president of the International Tunneling and Underground Space Association, is among the experts being consulted by rescuers.

The drilling work at Uttarkashi’s Silkyara tunnel to evacuate the 41 trapped workers was halted again on Thursday night after the augur machine encountered a technical snag. Till now, rescuers have drilled up to 46.8 meters in the Silkyara tunnel, news agency ANI reported.

Meanwhile, Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami will stay overnight at the site to monitor the rescue operations which entered the final phase on Wednesday.

Officials have mentioned that no specific timelines should be assumed however if all goes well and the rescue work does not face any obstruction then workers will be out by tomorrow afternoon.

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