Uttarakhand: First video of workers stuck inside collapsed Uttarkashi tunnel surfaces - WATCH

Uttarkashi: The first visuals of workers trapped inside the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi surfaced on Tuesday morning.

The visuals were captured using an endoscopic camera sent in through the alternative 6-inch food pipeline.

In the video, the workers, wearing yellow and white helmets, are seen receiving food items sent to them through the pipeline and talking to each other.

This development comes as a big relief to the families of these workers.

The workers are trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel for the last 10 days

Taking to X, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami informed about the development in the Uttarkashi tunnel rescue operation.

"For the first time, visuals of workers trapped in the tunnel under construction in Silkyara, Uttarkashi surfaced. All the workers are completely safe, we are trying with all our might to get them out safely soon," he wrote on X.

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— Pushkar Singh Dhami (@pushkardhami) November 21, 2023

Rescue authorities are likely to begin vertical drilling on Tuesday afternoon to reach out to the trapped workers.