SHIMLA: Inspection and security audit of 12 under-construction tunnels in Himachal Pradesh might be carried out by a 3rd social gathering and vertical drilling machines might be stationed close to tunnels for use in case an Uttarakhand-like scenario arises, in line with an NHAIofficial. Nationwide Freeway Authority of India (NHAI) Regional Officer Abdul Basit on Friday stated the protection audit will analyse all components from rock stability to materials used within the constructions and remedial steps could be taken as per ideas in view of the Uttarkashi Silkyara tunnel incident during which 41 employees have been trapped for the previous 13 days.
A complete of 68 tunnels measuring 85 km, which would cut back the highway distance by about 130 km, would come up within the state, he instructed PTI on Friday.
Of those, 12 have been constructed, 12 are below development, work on 14 would begin in six months whereas detailed mission reviews are being ready for 30, he stated.
“Now we have given suggestion to place vertical pipes at tunnel development areas for supplying oxygen and meals in case an identical tragedy strikes,” he stated.
The NHAI officers visited some under-construction tunnels and interacted with employees, directed contractors to have an inventory of equipment obtainable in close by areas in order that in case of an emergency, these could be made obtainable on the website with out shedding time.
Warning that no laxity in security might be tolerated, he requested mission administrators to conduct mock drills and verify the preparedness of evacuation plans.
In 2015, two of three labourers have been trapped contained in the under-construction tunnel (No. 4) of Kiratpur-Nerchowk four-lane mission in Himachal’s Bilaspur after a portion of the tunnel collapsed on September 12. They have been rescued after 9 days.
A tunnel about 1.2-metre diameter was dug vertically to succeed in the trapped individuals and rescue them.
A complete of 68 tunnels measuring 85 km, which would cut back the highway distance by about 130 km, would come up within the state, he instructed PTI on Friday.
Of those, 12 have been constructed, 12 are below development, work on 14 would begin in six months whereas detailed mission reviews are being ready for 30, he stated.
“Now we have given suggestion to place vertical pipes at tunnel development areas for supplying oxygen and meals in case an identical tragedy strikes,” he stated.
The NHAI officers visited some under-construction tunnels and interacted with employees, directed contractors to have an inventory of equipment obtainable in close by areas in order that in case of an emergency, these could be made obtainable on the website with out shedding time.
Warning that no laxity in security might be tolerated, he requested mission administrators to conduct mock drills and verify the preparedness of evacuation plans.
In 2015, two of three labourers have been trapped contained in the under-construction tunnel (No. 4) of Kiratpur-Nerchowk four-lane mission in Himachal’s Bilaspur after a portion of the tunnel collapsed on September 12. They have been rescued after 9 days.
A tunnel about 1.2-metre diameter was dug vertically to succeed in the trapped individuals and rescue them.
