While addressing the media on the Uttarkashi tunnel rescue operation, Mahmood Ahmad, the Managing Director of National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) said that they have a target of 15 days for the horizontal drilling to be successfully done. He said, “Work on concrete bedding has begun. We expect that two days from now, we have fixed 28th November as the date when drilling begins. This is a long process. We have a target of 15 days for the horizontal drilling to be successfully done…We also want to make a drift tunnel, design has been made and approved…We are working on these various sides…Work from Barkot’s side is facing difficulties…”