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Pipeline pushed through rubble, breakthrough at collapsed Uttarakhand tunnel boosts morale

UTTARKASHI: Rescuers achieved a significant breakthrough on Monday by threading a six-inch-wide pipeline through the debris of the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand.

This development, termed the "first breakthrough" by Anshu Manish Khalkho, director of the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL), aims to facilitate the supply of larger quantities of food and potentially enable live visuals of the 41 workers trapped inside for eight days.

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