The rescue of 41 workers trapped in an under-construction road tunnel in Uttarakhand for 17 days has concluded, sparking widespread celebrations. The workers, hailing from various states, were freed by 'rat-hole' miners who used hand tools for 26 hours. Environmental concerns about the road project were raised, and political figures, including Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and UP CM Yogi Adityanath, have met with the rescued workers. The workers have been discharged from the hospital and are returning to their home states, with some receiving warm welcomes and financial relief from their respective state governments.
#WATCH | Delhi BJP President Virendraa Sachdeva and BJP MP Manoj Tiwari felicitate six rat miners who helped in the rescue operation of 41 workers from the Silkyara tunnel https://t.co/uG6l6Skhl2
#WATCH | Uttar Pradesh: The people of Shravasti extended a warm welcome to the rescued worker from the Silkyara tunnel who returned to their home. https://t.co/Hujd4PLN2G
#WATCH | Uttar Pradesh: Workers hailing from Shravasti who were rescued from the Silkyara tunnel received a warm welcome as they reached their homes. https://t.co/uHVpM0sNls
#WATCH | Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh: Silkyara tunnel rescued worker Manjeet received a warm welcome from DM and other officials. https://t.co/DEKogbF7Uh
Bhubaneswar: Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik gives Rs 2 lakh each as relief to the workers of Odisha rescued safely from the Uttarkashi Silkyara tunnel Source: CMO https://t.co/4rHeOGxfAg
#WATCH | Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal met rat-hole miners, involved in Uttarkashi tunnel rescue, today. These rat-hole miners work for the Delhi Jal Board. Delhi Minister Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj were also present. https://t.co/tl0Hy5lcil
#WATCH | Shravasti, Uttar Pradesh: Families decorate homes to welcome the workers who were rescued from the Silkyara tunnel as they return to their native places. https://t.co/auQWeVVq1k
#WATCH | Delhi: All the rescued workers of Jharkhand from the Silkyara tunnel leave for Jharkhand. https://t.co/OJP2vL3tKs
#WATCH | All the rescued workers of Odisha from the Silkyara tunnel reached Bhubaneswar with Odisha Minister Sarada Prashad Nayak. https://t.co/daMcDmBmvH
#WATCH | On Silkyara tunnel rescue operation, Former cricketer Sourav Ganguly says, "India is a brilliant country. India is an unbelievable country. When you get to see all how these rescue operations happen, you just cannot stop saying to yourself, that how lucky that you live… https://t.co/CIm4NdcOc1 https://t.co/FLvntcxDIO
#WATCH | Muzaffarpur, Bihar: Deepak who was rescued from the Silkyara tunnel, reaches his native place. He says, "...I am very happy, as we did not know when we would come out... Our family, friends, and everyone's well wishes worked, and we came out safely... We were… https://t.co/tA9kFyZqgy https://t.co/SyIEeZcOfW
#WATCH | Mandi, Himachal Pradesh: Vishal Kumar who was rescued from the Silkyara tunnel, receives a welcome as he reaches his native place. https://t.co/ZSK26BqJ7f
#WATCH | Uttarkashi tunnel rescue: UP CM Yogi Adityanath meets the 8 workers who hail from UP, in Lucknow. They were among the 41 workers who were trapped in the Uttarkashi tunnel for 16 days https://t.co/rA8XjOMs1N
#WATCH | Uttarkashi tunnel rescue: UP CM Yogi Adityanath interacts with the 8 workers who hail from UP, in Lucknow. They were among the 41 workers who were trapped in the Uttarkashi tunnel for 16 days https://t.co/xk53Y8bNqu
#WATCH | Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand) tunnel rescue: Among the 41 workers, 5 who hail from Bihar, arrive at Patna Airport, received by Bihar Labour Minister Surendra Ram https://t.co/5h0yiRPvBp
Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand) tunnel rescue | Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal will meet rat-hole miners at his residence at 4 pm today: Delhi CMO The rat-hole miners who were part of the rescue ops work for Delhi Jal Board (File pic) https://t.co/wYtODc2zSF
#WATCH | Uttarkashi tunnel rescue: 8 workers who hail from UP arrive in Lucknow, CM Yogi Adityanath to meet them shortly 41 workers who were trapped in the Silkyara tunnel from November 12 were rescued on November 28 https://t.co/XyenEJjHQW
#WATCH | The 41 rescued workers from the Silkyara tunnel arrive at Delhi Airport. https://t.co/oKTyL1oQff
#WATCH | Chhiderwala, Uttarakhand: Uttarkashi Silkyara Tunnel rescued worker Gabbar Singh Negi says, "At first, when we got to know that this incident had happened, we were in front, and work was going on. It was morning. We lost all our communication, somehow, a worker contacted… https://t.co/QneDMjk614 https://t.co/Qn3nZ0Urwg
#WATCH | Rishikesh, Uttarakhand: Workers rescued from Silkyara Tunnel have been discharged from the hospital today and are leaving for their home states. Officials from various states have reached here to facilitate their return to their home states. https://t.co/6kpBnP7l0v
#WATCH | Haldwani: Uttrakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami says, "People of the state, entire country and across the world were praying to the god. Their prayers worked. Your prayers reached the god and then it blessed the work going on to rescue the workers. In 17 days, the tunnel was… https://t.co/XBjW5enzVT https://t.co/7mvHYfNRvg
#WATCH | Uttarakhand: On the rescued workers from Silkyara tunnel, Jharkhand Nodal Officer Bhuvnesh says, "We are taking all of them through an aeroplane. There are 15 workers... First, we will go to Delhi and then to Ranchi. We all have our stay in Jharkhand Bhawan. All the… https://t.co/m88YD9z0KE https://t.co/bbFOyx9JZa
#WATCH | On 41 rescued workers from Silkyara tunnel, Dr Narendra Kumar, Assistant Professor, Hospital Administration, AIIMS Rishikesh says," The 41 workers admitted here are from 7 different states. The most number of workers are from Jharkhand, UP & Bihar. We have given medical… https://t.co/nVAmW44VzN https://t.co/30w8lZNUZE
#WATCH | On Silkyara tunnel rescue operation, Delhi Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj says, "In every developed country, development and environment move parallelly. In India, environmental clearance has been ignored for the last nine years. Central and state governments are finding… https://t.co/lRw5mDrarx https://t.co/FzWBuVz7Q2
#WATCH | Patna, Bihar: On Lalu Yadav's statement on the rescue of 41 workers in Uttarkashi, Union Minister Nityanand Rai says, "Lalu Yadav's statement is ridiculous. He has not done anything ever. The efforts of all the disaster management institutes and the PM's frequent… https://t.co/NavUgNAiCI https://t.co/ZYEMlhuIrd
MIRACULOUS RESCUE: When All Machines Fail, Indian ‘Rat Miners’ Dig Non-Stop for 26 Hours WITH HAND TOOLS To Free 41 Workers Trapped in a Collapsed Tunnel via @gatewaypundit https://t.co/H6D0geOQIN
How India's 'rat-hole' miners freed 41 tunnel workers https://t.co/3OOOvbmyiy
As the workers trapped in an under-construction road tunnel in India after 17 days, the happy end to a rescue effort that had riveted the country set off widespread celebrations. But environmentalists had long said that the road project was dangerous. https://t.co/OBAtAfHSB5
#WATCH | On Uttarakhand tunnel rescue, Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev says, " Whole of Himalayas is a very rubble like mountain, if you disturb it can come down but at the same time, human beings have their needs...it was an unfortunate human tragedy but fortunately they all came out… https://t.co/NjqOlP29z7 https://t.co/0pOgDgxk1w