{"id":736843,"date":"2023-12-03T14:25:21","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T11:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/?p=736843"},"modified":"2023-12-03T14:26:01","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T11:26:01","slug":"man-behind-the-machine-the-rat-miners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/2023\/12\/man-behind-the-machine-the-rat-miners\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Behind The Machine \u2013 The Rat Miners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>NEW DELHI, India Dec 3 &#8211; What the drilling machine could not do \u2013 as its blade broke and had to be removed \u2013 was done in the just 24 hours by those who are called \u201crat miners.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The choice, as the popular saying goes, \u201cbetween a rock and a hard place\u201d was simply not there in India\u2019s rescue of 41 workers from a partially crumbled tunnel in the lower Himalayan region. Both had to be crushed if the workers had to come out alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The workers had been trapped since November 12, for 17 days, in the Silkyara tunnel in the Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand state. The rescue operation can be rated as one of the largest of its type in the world when human endeavour is stretched to the maximum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asianlite.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Uttarakhand-Chief-Minister-Pushkar-Singh-Dhami-meets-the-workers-who-have-been-rescued-from-inside-the-Silkyara-tunnel-in-Uttarkashi-1024x576.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/asianlite.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Uttarakhand-Chief-Minister-Pushkar-Singh-Dhami-meets-the-workers-who-have-been-rescued-from-inside-the-Silkyara-tunnel-in-Uttarkashi-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-245536\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami meets the workers who have been rescued from inside the Silkyara tunnel, in Uttarkashi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It was an operation in which the high-tech, including hurriedly imported heavy machinery and drilling equipment failed at the last stage. After parts of a US-made auger machine, which drilled up to 46.8 metres through the debris got stuck in the rubble on Friday. Australian tunnel expert, Arnold Dix was roped in the rescue operation along with the 19 Indian agencies. Special flights were organised to get the equipment from abroad. The operation attracted international attention with the global media focusing on both \u2013 what the humans and the machines were doing. But, at the last, officials managing the rescue operation opted for the \u2018rat-hole\u2019 mining technique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u201crat miners\u201d are usually from poor financial background but experienced workers who specialise in drilling holes into hard rock, using primitive methods and basic equipment like hammers. What the drilling machine could not do \u2013 as its blade broke and had to be removed \u2013 was done in the just 24 hours by those who are called \u201crat miners.\u201d They conducted a manual dig for last 12 meters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asianlite.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/International-Tunneling-Expert-Arnold-Dix-speaks-to-the-media-on-the-Uttarkashi-Uttarakhand-tunnel-rescue-operation-in-Uttarkashi-on-Sunday.-ANI-Photo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/asianlite.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/International-Tunneling-Expert-Arnold-Dix-speaks-to-the-media-on-the-Uttarkashi-Uttarakhand-tunnel-rescue-operation-in-Uttarkashi-on-Sunday.-ANI-Photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-245538\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">International Tunneling Expert, Arnold Dix speaks to the media on the Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand) tunnel rescue operation, in Uttarkashi. (ANI Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>What is rat-hole mining?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rat-hole mining is a primitive, officially banned method of manual coal extraction that involves digging very narrow, vertical shafts into the earth through which miners descend to extract coal. Miners descend into the pits using ropes or bamboo ladders, without safety gear. Coal is then manually extracted using primitive tools such as pickaxes, shovels and baskets. The tunnels used are generally only big enough for a single miner to descend at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asianlite.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Rescue-operation-underway.-Photo-IANS-Rameshwar-Gaur-1024x678.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/asianlite.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Rescue-operation-underway.-Photo-IANS-Rameshwar-Gaur-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-245534\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rescue operation underway. (Photo IANS\/Rameshwar Gaur)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In our conflicts with our adversaries, ultimately it has been found that the \u201cMan behind the Machine\u201d has won the wars for us; as our adversaries have been reportedly better equipped than us, in past. Something, similar happened in this situation at Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi district. When machines broke and no options were visible, the teams of \u2018Rat Miners\u2019 inclusive of Wakeel Hassan, Nasir Khan, Rashid Ansari, Munna Qureshi, Irshad Ansari, Ferozre Qureshi, Naseem malik, Monu Kumar, Jatin, Devender Kumar, Saurabh and Ankur brought the much desired smile and relief for the Nation. Illegal mining practioners did the most laudable job where the latest machinery failed to excel.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asianlite.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/202311283089108-1024x768.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/asianlite.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/202311283089108-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-245535\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>All of this indeed involved management &amp; monitoring at various levels in the government. The management of the rescue operation was entrusted to the PM\u2019s ex- Advisor and Ministers directly in charge, Nitin Gadkari and Hardeep Singh Puri who shuttled between New Delhi &amp; tunnel site, several times. Indian army was also brought in mid-way in the rescue operation, Gen VK Singh (Retd), a former Army Chief and now a minister, too pitched in his efforts. Not to be left behind, the Chief Minister, Pushkar Singh Dhami spent a few hours each day to be at hand to take any tricky decision. PM Modi, relieved at the success of the operation conveyed \u201cI want to say to the friends who were trapped in the tunnel that your courage and patience is inspiring everyone. 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