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Uttarkashi tunnel rescue operation: ‘We can get through’, says Mirco Tunnelling expert Chris Cooper ahead of manual drilling

Micro tunneling expert Chris Cooper updated about the situation at the tunnel and according to him the manual drilling will probably start after three hours.Chris Cooper said, "... All the debris (of the Auger machine) removed...(Manual drilling) will probably start after 3 hours...We have 9 meters of hand tunnelling to do. It really depends on how the ground behaves. Could be quickly, could be a bit longer. If we hit some lattice girder. Then we've got to cut out the lattice girder, but we're confident we can get through... The Army is just supervising (the operation)... 30 metres of (vertical drilling) has been done..."

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