How ‘Rat-hole’ miners and India’s ‘jugaad’ saved 41 lives stuck in Uttarakhand’s Silkyara tunnel

41 workers trapped in Uttarakhand’s Silkyara tunnel project were rescued after a rigorous mining operation that lasted 17 days. The last-leg of mining needed manual drilling after a 25-tonne American auger machine failed. This was when ‘Rat-hole’ mining experts were called to the rescue of those trapped deep inside the Himalayas. Watch!

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