A member of the National Disaster Management Authority, Lt General (Rtd) Syed Ata Hasnain on Saturday said that the rescue operation at Uttarkashi’s Silkyara tunnel has become technically complex adding that rescuers are working in an environment of unpredictability.
Syed Ata Hasnain said that all 41 workers who remained trapped in the tunnel were stable and safe.
Addressing a press briefing in Delhi, NDMA Member Syed Ata Hasnain said, “You are seeing that this operation is getting technically complex. Earlier there were not many complexities and that is why some people in media were assuming timelines but we never gave timelines from our side. We are conducting rescue operations on hills. We are working in an environment of unpredictability.”
“I have experienced that when you do something with mountains, you cannot predict anything. This is exactly a situation like war,” he added.
