After 17 days of rescue operations, all the 41 trapped workers inside the Silkyara Tunnel extricated on Tuesday. NDRF, SDRF and other agencies broke through the debris to push 60 mts rescue pipe by auger machine and rat miners to reach the workers. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and other officials welcomed and inquired about health of the rescued workers. Ambulances and temporary health facilities equipped with medical personnel were at the spot to examine the rescued labourers. A part of the under-construction tunnel had collapsed on November 12 and efforts were on since then to rescue the men.