After inspecting the tunnel Yamunotri National Highway site where a section of the under-construction tunnel near Silkyara collapsed, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that the experts are working on multiple plans to evacuate people.
A woman and a child were pulled out of a window by fire personnel in a daring rescue operation. A massive fire had engulfed a four-storey building at Nampally in Telangana's Hyderabad.
Karamveer Singh, NDRF Assistant Commander said that plaster had been done for 200 meters from the starting point of the tunnel but there was no plaster beyond that, which became the main reason for this collapse.
Rescue operation is still continuing at an under-construction tunnel in Uttarkashi, a portion of which collapsed earlier on Sunday. Removing the debris using excavators and other heavy machines is continuing now said a loader operator
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.
Uttarkashi District Magistrate Abhishek Ruhela on Sunday said that the priority of the administration is to evacuate workers, trapped inside the under-construction tunnel which caved in the previous night, and that the rescue operations are being conducted on war footing.
At least 36 workers are feared to be trapped inside an under-construction tunnel that collapsed on the Yamunotri National Highway here in Uttarakhand's Uttarakashi district, officials said on Sunday.
According to officials of Hyderoelecticity Investment and Development Company Limited (HIDCL), which is looking after the construction work of the tunnel, about 36 people are trapped in the tunnel connecting Silkyara to Dandalgaon and efforts are being made to rescue them safely.
Six people were injured after a leopard attack, including a journalist who was covering the rescue operation in Brookland near Coonoor in the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu.