Modi urges to pray for 41 labourers trapped in Uttarkashi tunnel

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the government and all the agencies together are leaving no stone unturned to evacuate the workers trapped in the Uttarakhand tunnel for the last two weeks and that people should pray for them to get out safely and as soon as possible. The Prime Minister said that nature is constantly throwing challenges towards the rescue operation, underway to bring the trapped men out. Multi-agency rescue operations are being carried out on a war footing since a portion of the Silkyara tunnel in the Uttarkashi district of the northern state collapsed following a landslide on November 12, leaving 41 workers trapped behind a huge mound of debris. PM Modi while attending the ‘Koti Deepotsavam’ programme at NTR stadium here, PM Modi said that “we should remember the men, trapped in the Uttarakhand tunnel, in our prayers for their speedy evacuation.” “Today when we are praying to Gods and Goddesses and talking about the welfare of humanity, we also have to give place in our prayers to those labourers who are stuck in a tunnel in Uttarakhand for the last two weeks,” PM Modi said. He said that the government and all the agencies together are leaving no stone unturned to get them out of the crisis. “But we have to complete this relief and rescue work very cautiously,” he said.