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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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Matar Paneer, Veg Pulao packed for workers trapped in Uttarkashi tunnel
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
As the ongoing operation to extricate 41 labourers trapped inside the collapsed portion of the under-construction Silkyara tunnel of Uttarkashi entered its tenth day, rescuers on Tuesday packed solid food items such as veg pulao and matar paneer for them.
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"Will come up with 'good news' in next 40 hrs if..." say officials as they
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
With the rescuers focusing on the 'horizontal drilling' method to evacuate 41 labourers trapped in the Silkyara tunnel, an official on Tuesday said that the time from tonight is the 'most crucial' and that if everything goes right, some 'good news' will come up in the next 40 hours.
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Focused effort is 'horizontal drilling' to rescue workers trapped in Silky
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Tuesday said that the most 'focused effort' of rescuers working at the Silkyara tunnel collapse site is the 'horizontal drilling' through the Auger machine to evacuate the 41 workers trapped for 10 days in the 2-km-built portion of the
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Silkyara tunnel collapse: Brief setback to rescue operations as narrow roa
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Efforts to rescue trapped 41 workers in the ongoing Silkyara tunnel collapse received a setback when the piling machine being transported for the rescue operation got stuck due to the narrow road leading to the spot.
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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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First visuals of workers trapped at Silkyara tunnel emerge, workers health
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
On the tenth day of rescue operations at the Silkyara tunnel collapse site in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, a significant milestone was achieved as rescuers reached the tunnel with a vertical drilling machine from the upper part of the hill above the tunnel. This development comes as 41 labour
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Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: First hot meal sent for trapped workers as res
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
On the ninth day of rescue operations at the Silkyara tunnel collapse site here, rescuers on Monday achieved a 'breakthrough' by pushing a six-inch-wide pipeline through the rubble of the collapsed portion, where 41 labourers are trapped.
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