The multi-agency rescue teams have begun a drilling operation to peep into the Tapovan tunnel where nearly 30 people were feared trapped, police said on Thursday. “Drilling operation started by rescue teams at 2:00 AM today to peep into a tunnel 12 to 13 meters below,” the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) wrote on Twitter. Drilling operations started by rescue teams at 0200 AM to peep into the slush flushing tunnel 12 to 13 meters below. The rescue teams have so recovered 34 bodies and as many as 170 people were missing as of Wednesday night. ॐ Peace Peace Peace!,” he wrote on Twitter in Hindi.

Source: Hindustan Times February 11, 2021 04:30 UTC