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Uttarkashi tunnel incident: Rescue operation in final stages
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The workers have been trapped since November 12 when the under-construction tunnel from Silkyara to Barkot got blocked due to debris falling in a 60-meter stretch on the Silkyara side.
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Uttarkashi tunnel incident: Rescue operation enters final stage, NDRF pers
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The rescue operations have entered the final stages at the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi where 41 workers remain trapped as National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel have entered the tunnel, an official statement issued by Chief Minister office said on Wednesday.
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DFCCIL, Indian Railways join hands to run special train carrying equipment
Updated : 2 years, 4 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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Uttarkashi: NDRF personnel enter Silkyara tunnel as rescue operations inte
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel on Wednesday entered the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi where 41 workers remain trapped.
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Silkyara tunnel collapse: Uttarakhand CM says he is hopeful of workers com
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami expressed his hopefulness in the ongoing rescue operation in Uttarkashi and said he is hopeful that all the workers will come out safely."
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Tunnel collapse: Essential items delivered to trapped workers, 'will free
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
He also said that rescuers successfully delivered essential items like medicines, clothes, food and other items to the trapped workers.
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Worker trapped in Slikyara tunnel tells family he is 'Safe and healthy' ev
Updated : 2 years, 4 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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"Some big news expected in next 24-hrs", says official supervising rescue
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Additional Secretary Technical, Road and Transport Mahmood Ahmed said on Wednesday that some big news is expected in the next 24 hours pending obstacles as an additional 880-millimeter pipe has also been pushed 21 metres through the rubble to free 41 workers trapped inside the Silkyara tu
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Uttarkashi Rescue Ops: BRO completes hill top road to access Silkyara tunn
Updated : 2 years, 4 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, 4 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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Sudarsan Pattnaik creates sand art praying for rescue of workers trapped i
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Pattnaik created a 5ft sand sculpture showing a tunnel where workers are trapped. He has used about 4 tons of sand in it. Students of his sand art institute joined hands with him to complete the sculpture.
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Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Attempt of Horizontal drilling, feeding trappe
Updated : 2 years, 4 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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