<p>Uttarkashi: The NDRF on Friday conducted a rehearsal of how it would take its wheeled stretchers through the chute being prepared to rescue the 41 workers trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel.</p>.<p> An NDRF personnel went through the passage, pushing a wheeled stretcher tied to a rope at the end of the tunnel and was pulled back up after completing the stretch.</p>.<p> A passage has been made using 800 mm diameter steel pipes through the rubble at the tunnel to rescue the workers who have been trapped inside for the past 12 days.</p>.Uttarakhand tunnel rescue: Board games, playing cards to help trapped workers relieve stress.<p> An NDRF personnel who went into the passage was lying on the wheeled stretcher facing downwards.</p>.<p> There was enough room inside the pipes and he had no difficulty in breathing during the exercise, he said.</p>.<p> Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has been camping at Matli since Thursday to closely monitor the rescue operations.</p>.<p> A temporary camp of the chief minister's office has been set up there to help him perform his daily duties.</p>.<p> The drilling and pushing pipes through the rubble has not yet been resumed at the tunnel.</p>.<p> The rescuers have to drill 12-14 metres more through the rubble to reach the trapped workers on the other side.</p>
<p>Uttarkashi: The NDRF on Friday conducted a rehearsal of how it would take its wheeled stretchers through the chute being prepared to rescue the 41 workers trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel.</p>.<p> An NDRF personnel went through the passage, pushing a wheeled stretcher tied to a rope at the end of the tunnel and was pulled back up after completing the stretch.</p>.<p> A passage has been made using 800 mm diameter steel pipes through the rubble at the tunnel to rescue the workers who have been trapped inside for the past 12 days.</p>.Uttarakhand tunnel rescue: Board games, playing cards to help trapped workers relieve stress.<p> An NDRF personnel who went into the passage was lying on the wheeled stretcher facing downwards.</p>.<p> There was enough room inside the pipes and he had no difficulty in breathing during the exercise, he said.</p>.<p> Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has been camping at Matli since Thursday to closely monitor the rescue operations.</p>.<p> A temporary camp of the chief minister's office has been set up there to help him perform his daily duties.</p>.<p> The drilling and pushing pipes through the rubble has not yet been resumed at the tunnel.</p>.<p> The rescuers have to drill 12-14 metres more through the rubble to reach the trapped workers on the other side.</p>