NDRF, medical personnel on standby

 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and emergency medical personnel with stretchers are now on standby to enter the tunnel and work their way into the collapsed cavern.

First a single NDRF personnel will crawl down the pipe to assess the condition of the trapped men and begin the process of bringing them out. The workers will be brought out one-by-one on a specially-modified stretcher that will be pushed down the rescue pipe and pulled up manually by the rescuers. A temporary medical centre has been set up at the mouth of the tunnel, where each worker will be examined and given first aid, if needed, before they are prepped for transport in the ambulances.