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Uttarkashi tunnel rescue: Manual digging specialist details operation to r
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
a team of six specialists have reached the site to undertake the manual drilling work. They will go inside the 800 mm pipe of the tunnel to remove the debris manually. The team includes engineers from the Indian Army's Madras Engineering Group as well as civilians.
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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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Devotees light 21,000 lamps in Har ki Paudi, pray for labourers trapped in
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
As the Uttarkashi tunnel rescue operation enters day 16 on Monday, prayers are granted across the nation for the safe rescue of the 41 trapped soldiers.
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Odisha: Death toll rises to 6 in Malkangiri tipper truck accident, CM anno
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The tipper truck carrying labourers overturned at Swabhiman Anchal in Malkangiri district on Saturday. The cement-laden tipper carrying more than ten labourers overturned on Hantalguda Ghati.
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"Confident that they will be home in time for Christmas": Arnold Dix expre
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Expressing hope about the safe return of the 41 workers by Christmas festival who are trapped in Uttarkashi's Silkyara tunnel, International Tunneling Expert Arnold Dix on Saturday said that he does not exactly know about the timeline on when will the rescue operation be successful adding th
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"This operation is getting technically more complex": NDMA on Uttarkashi t
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
A member of the National Disaster Management Authority, Lt General (Rtd) Syed Ata Hasnain on Saturday said that the rescue operation at Uttarkashi's Silkyara tunnel has become technically complex adding that rescuers are working in an environment of unpredictability.
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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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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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Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi prays for safety of trapped workers in Utt
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday wished for the safety of 41 workers trapped in Uttarakhand's Silkyara tunnel and urged the Government to provide proper compensation to them.
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Uttarkashi: Location for vertical drilling identified to evacuate 41 trapp
Updated : 2 years, 3 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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Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Attempt of Horizontal drilling, feeding trappe
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The rescuers on the 10th day at the Silkyara tunnel site here attempted 'horizontal drilling' and fed trapped workers with solid cooked food simultaneously on Tuesday.
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