Manual drilling in a collapsed tunnel in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi where 41 workers have been trapped for the past 15 days is likely to begin on Sunday. The rescue authorities will first take out the auger machine, whose blades suffered extensive damage while drilling through the debris on Friday. The fresh snag in the auger machine could drag the rescue operation for several days or possibly weeks. Drilling through the rubble at the Silkyara tunnel hit a roadblock for almost the entire day on Friday. But the extent of the problem was known on Saturday when international tunnelling expert Arnold Dix told reporters that the auger machine was “busted”.
At a media briefing, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) member Lt Gen (retd) Syed Ata Hasnain said the operation "could take a long time".
Manual drilling would involve individual workers entering the already bored 47-metre stretch of the rescue passage, drilling for a brief period in the confined space and then coming out to let someone else take over. This, according to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, could begin as soon as the equipment stuck in the planned escape passage is brought out.

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