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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: 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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"Ground penetrating radar used to detect obstacles": NDMA on Uttarkashi tu
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Addressing a press briefing in New Delhi, Syed Ata Hasnain said, "Using ground penetrating radar, it has been detected that there is no obstacle in the next 5 metres on our path. We continue to use this to detect obstacles, if any. There is hope that the movement of the augor is done and wil
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"These operations are like war, timelines should not be assumed...": NDMA
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Member of the National Disaster Management Authority, Lt General (Rtd) Syed Ata Hasnain on Wednesday said that the rescue operation which is underway at Uttarkashi's Silkyara tunnel where 41 workers remain trapped is like a "war" and no such specific timelines should be assumed by anyone.
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Worker trapped in Slikyara tunnel tells family he is 'Safe and healthy' ev
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The collapse occurred on November 12 during the construction of the tunnel from Silkyara to Barkot, and the debris that fell in a 60-metre stretch on the Silkyara side of the tunnel trapped 41 workers.
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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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Our focus is to save lives of workers trapped inside Uttarkashi tunnel: ND
Updated : 2 years, 3 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, 3 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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NDMA-led expeditions install two solar-powered automated weather stations
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Two National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)-led multi-agency expeditions to two high-risk glacial lakes South Lhonak and Shako Cho in Sikkim have installed two solar-powered, twin-camera, Automated Weather Stations (AWS), the NDMA said on Thursday.
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Joshimath land subsidence: Experts recommend ban on new construction in ar
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
A 35-member expert committee report on Joshimath landslide and subsidence issue has recommended a complete ban on new construction in the entire Joshimath area till the end of the coming monsoon.
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Telecommunications Department conducts another pan-India 'emergency alert'
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
This was a sample testing message sent through the "Cell Broadcasting System" by DoT under the Union Ministry of Communications.
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Pakistan: Over 6,000 people evacuated in past 24 hours as water from Sutle
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
In an update on Monday, Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said Ganda Singh Wala situated along Sulemanki Headworks was facing medium-level floods at a declining level.
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