On the tenth day of rescue operations at the Silkyara tunnel collapse site in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, a significant milestone was achieved as rescuers reached the tunnel with a vertical drilling machine from the upper part of the hill above the tunnel. This development comes as 41 labour
The team is trying to insert the 6-inch-diameter pipe instead of the 4-inch-diameter inch through which the supply of food and supplements will be maintained.
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.
The SDRF team, which is leading the rescue operations at an under-construction tunnel in Uttarkashi, a portion of which collapsed earlier on Sunday, started removing debris from the scene.
"As a precautionary measure for the Northeast Monsoon and due to heavy rainfall for the past few days in Tamil Nadu, rubber boats, life jackets, and woodcutters are also kept ready, " said the official.
"A rescue team of police and fire officials rescued 8 youths who were caught in Penna river flood surge. The youths had got trapped after the water level of the river started increasing due to the heavy rains," said the official.
Search and rescue teams sent out after the crash found the pilot at the scene and confirmed that he had been killed, the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing and Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in North Carolina said in a statement, as per CNN.
A total of 26 worker were present at the site during the tragic incident. A rescue team of 38 Battalion, Border Security Force, Sakawrtuichhun (Aizawl) reached the spot with the medical team and tracker dogs at the site upon receiving information.
As per the motorway police, the incident took place near the Burhan Interchange due to low visibility. The rescue teams soon after the incident, reached the spot and shifted the injured to nearby hospitals.
"Rescue teams from #Israel with embassy staff blessing the successful tracing and evacuation (when required) of more than 300 Israeli tourists from #HimachalPradesh flood hit areas. Luckily, no Israeli casualties. Our hearts are with the victims of this disaster," Ambassador of Israel to
In the incident two of the members of the Mountain Rescue Team of J-K Police, identified as Mohammed Salem and Mohammed Yaseen, also injured while trying the rescue the lady, the police said.
A search and rescue team comprising Nepal Army and Nepal Police have retrieved all the bodies of victims from a helicopter crash site in Solukhumbu District of Nepal.