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Our focus is to save lives of workers trapped inside Uttarkashi tunnel: ND
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Member of the National Disaster Management Authority, Lt General (Rtd) Syed Ata Hasnain on Tuesday said that our focus is to save the life of workers trapped inside the under-construction tunnel in Uttarkashi.
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Focused effort is 'horizontal drilling' to rescue workers trapped in Silky
Updated : 2 years, 8 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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Uttarkashi: International Tunnelling association offers assistance to resc
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association offered assistance to the Indian rescue team as 40 labourers remain stranded due to a tunnel collapse in Uttarkashi.
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Karnataka CM writes to Union Minister Tomar, requests early release of NDR
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday wrote a letter to Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar highlighting the urgent need for financial assistance from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) to address the severe drought conditions in the state.
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Developed nations are responsible for poor environment, India won't budge:
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
"Those developed nations who lecture us on imposing regulatory norms on the usage of fossil fuels today are responsible for the poor state of the environment. Around 85 per cent of the carbon dioxide load in the atmosphere is because of industrialisation which was started by these developed
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Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Large diameter pipes, drilling machines arriv
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
According to authorities, a platform is being prepared for an auger machine to drill horizontally and insert large diameter MS pipes in between the debris so that the trapped workers can be taken out throught the metal pipes.
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Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah requests Home Minister Amit Shah for early relea
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday wrote a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah requesting an early release of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) funds to tackle the drought situation in the state.
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Orange alert: Heavy rainfall alert for Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karaikal on
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday issued an orange alert, indicating the possibility of isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall in the coastal regions of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and Karaikal on November 13th and 14th.
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"PM has assured all possible assistance": CM Dhami takes stock of Uttarkas
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
After taking stock of the situation of the under-construction tunnel accident in Uttarkashi, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that PM Modi has taken information about the entire incident yesterday and has assured of all possible assistance.
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Saamna takes 'Allabaksh' potshot at Maharashtra CM Shinde's decision to ca
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Saamana, the editorial of the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray faction) on Monday took a dig at Chief Minister Eknath Shinde while comparing him to a drama character- 'Allabaksh'.
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Uttarakhand: CM Dhami to visit Uttarkashi tunnel collapse site today
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
CM Dhami will conduct an on-site inspection of the landslide incident from a tunnel near Silkyara and will review the relief and rescue operations.
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"We hope to evacuate them by this evening": NDRF on workers trapped inside
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Karamveer Singh, NDRF Assistant Commander said that plaster had been done for 200 meters from the starting point of the tunnel but there was no plaster beyond that, which became the main reason for this collapse.
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