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Uttarakhand CM Dhami inspects tunnel site; Arnold Dix sheds hope amid dela
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
"Prime Minister Narendra Modi is very sensitive towards the workers trapped in Silkyara, Uttarkashi Tunnel. Prime Minister is taking detailed information every day about the well-being of the workers and the ongoing relief and rescue operations in the tunnel. Central agencies, state admin
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Uttarkashi tunnel op: Vertical drilling team on standby mode as rescue eff
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
An SJVN official said, "We have given a proposal to the administration to do vertical drilling in 5 to 6 days; our team has done the survey for drilling; and apart from this, their drilling machine has also reached the spot to do the drilling. We are just waiting for the order to come." Read More
Uttarkashi tunnel rescue: BRO personnel to quickly transport machines for
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
"Soon, a joint meeting of all the concerned departments is going to be held and in that meeting, a decision will be taken as to what time the work on the vertical railing will start," said the official.
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Uttarkashi tunnel rescue: Manual drilling to reach workers will start once
Updated : 2 years, 3 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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"Hope to push pipe further this time with no obstacle": Official on Uttark
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
"The auger drilling machine has been reassembled. A new pipe will be put in after the welding, which will take two hours. After two hours, we will push the pipe inside the tunnel. We hope that we push the pipe further this time and will face no obstacles," Additional Secretary Ahmed said.
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Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Workers to be rescued by this evening, asserts
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
As the ongoing operation to rescue 41 workers trapped in a collapsed portion of the Uttarkashi tunnel entered the 13th day, the director ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation), who is present at the site, asserted the labourers will be rescued by Friday.
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PM Modi dials Uttarakhand CM; inquires about condition of workers trapped
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
According to government notice, PM Modi also inquired about the condition of the workers and gave some important instructions to CM Dhami.
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Uttarkashi Tunnel rescue: NDRF demonstrates movement of wheeled stretchers
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel on Friday carried out a demonstration of the movement of wheeled stretchers through the pipeline inserted to extricate 41 workers trapped in a portion of the Silkyara tunnel of Uttarkashi, which collapsed over a week ago.
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Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Kin anxiously wait for return of workers as re
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand) [India], November 24 (ANI): As the Uttarkashi tunnel rescue operations reached its final stage on Friday, the kins of trapped labourers wish for the safe return of their loved ones.
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Uttarkashi Tunnel collapse: Welder's team entered damaged pipe; auger reas
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The platform on which the equipment was mounted had developed some cracks when the rescue operation was underway on Thursday, and the process of horizontal drilling through the debris had to be paused.
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Union Minister VK Singh reaches Uttarkashi tunnel site to inspect rescue o
Updated : 2 years, 3 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 rescue ops: Platform for auger machine stabilised, drill
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
"The problem encountered in the platform on which the American auger machine was mounted has been fixed and now the machine is running smoothly on the platform," a top official told ANI.
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