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"Near breakthrough; 2 metres drilling still left": NDMA official on Uttark
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
National Disaster Management Authority Member, Lt General (Rtd) Syed Ata Hasnain on Tuesday said that the rescue workers, who have been tirelessly working day and night to rescue the 41 trapped workers for the last 17 days, were near a breakthrough, "but not quite there".
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Vertical drilling underway to rescue workers trapped in Uttarkashi tunnel
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Vertical drilling, one of the several chalked-out options to bring out 41 workers who have been trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi since November 12, finally started on Sunday afternoon.
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"Stipulated time can't be decided": IG Garhwal Range on rescue work at Utt
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The attempt at rescue is in progress and rescue is expected to be carried out very soon, said IG KS Nagnyal.
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DFCCIL, Indian Railways join hands to run special train carrying equipment
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) and Indian Railways (IR) have joined hands in running a special train carrying equipment from Karambeli in Gujarat to Rishikesh in Uttarakhand, spanning 1605 km, to aid in the rescue of the trapped workers in the Uttarkashi
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Focused effort is 'horizontal drilling' to rescue workers trapped in Silky
Updated : 2 years, 6 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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Silkyara tunnel collapse: PM Modi takes stock of progress of ongoing rescu
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday took stock of the progress in the ongoing rescue work after the team made a significant breakthrough on Monday.
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"On war footing": Uttarakhand CM Dhami on evacuating all workers safely fr
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Amid the ongoing efforts to rescue the workers trapped in the Uttarkashi tunnel, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday said that we are working on a war footing to evacuate all the workers safely.
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900 metre diameter pipe being inserted through Auger machine: Uttarakhand
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
"We are inserting a 900-mm-diameter pipe with the help of the Auger machine. We have reached 22 meters and we are going ahead rapidly," Uttarakhand Disaster Management Secretary Ranjit Sinha said.
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"Exploring as many options as possible to rescue workers": Former PMO advi
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Former Prime Minister Office (PMO) advisor Bhaskar Khulbe on Saturday said that teams deployed at the Silkyara tunnel require a coordinated action for the rescue operation which is underway at the site adding that multiple options are being explored to save their lives.
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Uttarakhand: CM Dhami inspects landslide incident in Silkyara, takes stock
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
During the inspection, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami directed the officials to speed up the relief and rescue work. He said that it is the top priority of the government to quickly rescue the labourers trapped in the tunnel, for which every possible effort is being made.
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Jharkhand CM Soren condoles death of six students due to drowning in Hazar
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Tuesday expressed grief over the death of six children in Hazaribagh's Lotwa dam.
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"Closely monitoring situation": Assam CM Sarma on North East Express derai
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said he was closely monitoring the aftermath of the derailment of North East Express train and was in contact with the district authorities in Bihar's Buxar district and other agencies involved in the rescue work.
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