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Uttarkashi tunnel rescue: Manual drilling to reach workers will start once
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Manual drilling will start soon to cut through the debris that separates rescuers from the 41 trapped workers in the collapsed portion of the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi, officials informed on Saturday.
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Union Minister VK Singh reaches Uttarkashi tunnel site to inspect rescue o
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Union Minister of State for Road Transport & Highways, General (retd) VK Singh, reached the Silkyara tunnel site on Friday to take stock of the ongoing efforts to rescue 41 trapped workers.
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Uttarkashi tunnel incident: Drilling work halted again after technical sna
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The drilling work at Uttarkashi's Silkyara tunnel to evacuate 41 trapped workers was halted again on Thursday night after the auger machine encountered a technical snag.
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Steel rods blocking rescue efforts removed at Slikyara Tunnel collapse sit
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Prayers are being held for the safe passage of the 41 workers trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi since November 12, as the rescue operation enters its final stage.
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"Some big news expected in next 24-hrs", says official supervising rescue
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Additional Secretary Technical, Road and Transport Mahmood Ahmed said on Wednesday that some big news is expected in the next 24 hours pending obstacles as an additional 880-millimeter pipe has also been pushed 21 metres through the rubble to free 41 workers trapped inside the Silkyara tu
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Tunnel collapse: Fmr PMO advisor says trapped workers are in 'high spirits
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Meanwhile, the location has been identified for vertical drilling to bring out 41 workers trapped inside Silkyara Tunnel, 11 days after the under-construction structure collapsed.
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Tunnel collapse: Uttarakhand CM speaks with PM Modi, 'briefs him' about re
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said on Wednesday that he spoke with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the phone today and briefed him about the ongoing rescue operations at Silkyara tunnel, where 41 workers have been trapped for 11 days after a portion of an underconstructio
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Uttarkashi: Location for vertical drilling identified to evacuate 41 trapp
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
As per the Director of National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation (NHIDCL), Anshu Manish Khulko, the machine for vertical drilling from the upper part of the mountain above the tunnel will arrive in 1 to 2 days.
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"Men are coming home for sure" says international tunnel expert Arnold Dix
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association president Arnold Dix, who has been roped in as part of the ongoing rescue efforts in Uttarkashi tunnel collapse site, on Tuesday said he was absolutely sure that the 41 trapped workers will come home soon.
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Silkyara tunnel collapse: Relief for 41 trapped workers as Rescue teams es
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
In a major breakthrough in the ongoing Silkyara tunnel collapse rescue team officials have successfully developed communication with the trapped worked through the 6-inch pipeline on Tuesday morning.
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Uttarkashi: DRDO's Robotics Machine Team reaches site to aid in rescue of
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
As the rescuers race against time to evacuate the 41 trapped labourers into an under-construction tunnel in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi, a team of DRDO robotics has also reached their location to be of help.
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