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"Plasma cutter to aid removal of Auger machine, blades from debris": Micro
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
A day after the ongoing efforts to rescue 41 trapped workers from the collapsed portion of the under-construction Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi hit fresh hurdles, micro-tunnelling expert Chris Cooper on Sunday said the rescuers were removing smaller as well as bigger pieces of debris from
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"This operation is getting technically more complex": NDMA on Uttarkashi t
Updated : 2 years, 6 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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"Ground penetrating radar used to detect obstacles": NDMA on Uttarkashi tu
Updated : 2 years, 6 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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Union Minister VK Singh reaches Uttarkashi tunnel site to inspect rescue o
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Union Minister of State for Road Transport & Highways, General (retd) VK Singh, reached the Silkyara tunnel site on Friday to take stock of the ongoing efforts to rescue 41 trapped workers.
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Uttarkashi tunnel rescue ops: Platform for auger machine stabilised, drill
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
"The problem encountered in the platform on which the American auger machine was mounted has been fixed and now the machine is running smoothly on the platform," a top official told ANI.
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"These operations are like war, timelines should not be assumed...": NDMA
Updated : 2 years, 6 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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Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi prays for safety of trapped workers in Utt
Updated : 2 years, 6 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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Uttarakhand rescue ops: "It's like we're there, knocking at front door" sa
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
"Last night we got the information that a thick iron block had caused some problems in the drilling process. The block has been cut and if no further problems like this arise, then the remaining 12 metre of drilling will be finished soon and the rescue mission will also soon be completed,
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Uttarkashi Rescue Ops: BRO completes hill top road to access Silkyara tunn
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Major Naman Narula of BRO, while speaking to ANI said that the road construction work- from the upper part of the tunnel to the marked place where the drilling work will be done has been completed.
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Tunnel collapse: Uttarakhand CM speaks with PM Modi, 'briefs him' about re
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said on Wednesday that he spoke with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the phone today and briefed him about the ongoing rescue operations at Silkyara tunnel, where 41 workers have been trapped for 11 days after a portion of an underconstructio
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Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Nitin Gadkari, CM Dhami take stock of rescue o
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Meanwhile, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami reached Silkyara to review the ongoing rescue and relief operation.
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Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: CM Dhami to conduct on-site inspection of res
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Amid the ongoing efforts to rescue the workers trapped in the Uttarkashi tunnel, a portion of which caved in earlier, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami will on Sunday conduct an on-site inspection of the operations, the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) informed through an offici
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