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Uttarakhand tunnel rescue: Former Army Engineer-in-Chief vouches for manua
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
As the vertical drilling makes swift progress, former Engineer-in-Chief and Director General of Border Roads Organisation, Lieutenant General (retired) Harpal Singh said that there is no other way left except the manual method to reach the trapped workers in the Silkyara tunnel.
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Uttarakhand tunnel rescue: Rat hole mining to be employed to remove debris
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
In an effort to step up the rescue operations in Uttarkashi, a rat hole mining technique will be used through manual drilling to remove the debris inside the pipe on the 16th day of continued rescue efforts in Silkyara tunnel, according to officials.
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Uttarkashi tunnel rescue: 31 metres of vertical drilling work done so far
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The vertical drilling from the top of the hill makes swift progress as 31 metres of drilling work has been completed so far out of the 86 metres needed to reach the 41 trapped workers in the Silkyara tunnel, as per officials.
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"Vertical drilling of 19.2 meters completed...": NHIDCL MD on Uttarkashi t
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) Managing Director Mahmood Ahmad on Sunday informed that a total of 19.2 meters of vertical drilling has been completed at Uttarkashi's tunnel where 41 workers remained trapped.
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"86 meters of vertical drilling required to reach tunnel's crust": NDMA on
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
National Disaster Management Authority Member, Lt General (Rtd) Syed Ata Hasnain on Sunday said that 86 meters of vertical drilling is required to reach the crust of the Uttarkashi's tunnel where 41 workers remained trapped adding that 17 meters of the drilling has already taken place.
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Indian Army's engineer regiment called in for manual drilling at Uttarkash
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The Indian Army has been called in at Uttarkashi's Silkyara tunnel for manual drilling at the site where 41 workers have remained trapped for the past 15 days.
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Vertical drilling of Uttarkashi tunnel begins to rescue 41 trapped workers
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The vertical drilling to rescue the trapped workers in the Silkyara tunnel, which was halted earlier today, has been resumed and the rescuers have managed to make progress over a distance of 17 metres from the hill above the tunnel.
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Uttarakhand tunnel rescue: Rescuers make 8-metre progress through vertical
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
With vertical drilling underway to further aid the rescue of the trapped workers in Silkyara tunnel, the rescuers managed to make progress over a distance of 8 metres down the ground in the last one and a half hours.
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Vertical drilling underway to rescue workers trapped in Uttarkashi tunnel
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Vertical drilling, one of the several chalked-out options to bring out 41 workers who have been trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi since November 12, finally started on Sunday afternoon.
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Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Plasma cutter flown from Hyderabad to cut aug
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
National Disaster Management Authority Member, Lt General Syed Ata Hasnain (retired) on Saturday said that there has been no movement in the last 24 hours in the drilling work to rescue the 41 workers trapped in the Uttarkashi tunnel for 13 days.
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"No movement in last 24 hours...vertical drilling could commence in 48 hou
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
National Disaster Management Authority Member, Lt General (Rtd) Syed Ata Hasnain on Saturday said that there has been no movement in the last 24 hours in the drilling work to rescue the 41 workers trapped in the Uttarkashi tunnel for 13 days.
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Uttarakhand tunnel rescue op: Plasma cutter from Hyderabad being flown in,
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
"Everyone knows that this rescue operation is being done under difficult & challenging circumstances. The machine got stuck after reaching so close...We are expecting that by tomorrow morning this machine will come out, and after that, the operation will move forward manually. We are
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