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Magna rod cutter machine deployed to speed up Uttarakhand tunnel rescue op
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The plasma cutter machine was brought to the Silkyara tunnel early in the morning.The process of removing the auger machine was underway even before the new machine arrived at the site.
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"Confident that they will be home in time for Christmas": Arnold Dix expre
Updated : 2 years, 4 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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"No movement in last 24 hours...vertical drilling could commence in 48 hou
Updated : 2 years, 4 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 CM takes stock of Silkyara tunnel rescue efforts, talks to tra
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday took stock of the Silkyara tunnel rescue operations and obtained information regarding the condition of the auger machine
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"This operation is getting technically more complex": NDMA on Uttarkashi t
Updated : 2 years, 4 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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Uttarakhand tunnel rescue op: Plasma cutter from Hyderabad being flown in,
Updated : 2 years, 4 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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Uttarakhand CM Dhami inspects tunnel site; Arnold Dix sheds hope amid dela
Updated : 2 years, 4 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, 4 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, 4 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, 4 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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"No heavy objects present up to 5 metres": Experts on Uttarkashi rescue op
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Ground Penetrating Radar, also known as GPR, Georadar, Subsurface Interface Radar, or Geo-probing Radar, is a totally non-destructive technique to produce a cross-section profile of the subsurface without any drilling, trenching or ground disturbances.
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Uttarkashi rescue operation halted due to technical glitch
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The drilling by the American-made auger machine to rescue the trapped workers was halted after the rescue team faced a technical glitch.
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