“In last 1-2 hours, NDRF led operation…” NDMA Member after 41 workers rescued from Uttarkashi tunnel

Nov 28, 2023

Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand) November 28 (ANI): Shortly after the successful evacuation of the 41 rescued Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd.) on November 28 said that the NDRF led the operation operation in the last 1-2 hours of the operation. He also highlighted PM Modi’s role in the entire rescue operation. “...In the last 1-2 hours, the NDRF has led the operation. They have gone inside and brought the trapped workers outside. Before that, it was the rat miners and the army engineers who were there working on this manual digging that was taking place. At every phase of this operation, there have been different agencies going in and doing specialized work. When the 41st person Is out, I am told that now at 60 to 80 meters away from the site of the collapse, within the opening of the tunnel, there is an 8-bed hospital that has been created there, and all of them are coming. There the little medical checkups are being done," said Syed Ata Hasnain.