India airlifted a high-powered drilling machine to assist in the rescue of dozens of road workers trapped underground.
“The vertical drilling will disturb the rock formation and will cause vibrations to the mountain,” said Sundriyal, who is considered an expert in local rock formations.
“However, it is difficult to say which one of the two methods would help us reach the trapped workers first,” he told reporters Monday.
But for most of the families of the trapped men, the wait has been an agonizing switch between hope and despair.
One of the trapped workers can be seen on camera.
Persons:
Mahmood Ahmed, Yaspal, ”, Sundriyal, Harpal Singh, Mahi Shah, Sonu, Shah, ” Shah, ” Krishna Chauhan, Manjeet, Chauhan, ” Chauhan, Narendra Modi’s Char, Anrold Dix, ” Dix, “
Organizations:
New, New Delhi CNN, Engineers, Authorities, India’s Ministry of, Highways, Garhwal, CNN, Roads Organization, Indian, Ministry of Environment, “
Locations:
New Delhi, India’s, Uttarakhand, India, Garhwal University, Uttarakhand Government, Bihar, Mumbai, Mizoram, Morbi, Gujarat, Australian