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"Example of humanity and teamwork...": PM Modi after 41 workers rescued fr
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday praised the bravery and determination of rescuers involved in the Silkyara tunnel operation, saying that they have given new life to the labourers, who were trapped in the tunnel for the last 16 days, adding that the mission has set an "example of h
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Uttarakhand: All 41 trapped workers rescued successfully from Silkyara tun
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
After tireless efforts of rescuers which continued for 16 days, all 41 trapped workers were evacuated successfully from the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand.
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"Hoping for good news by evening": Nodal Officer for Silkyara rescue raise
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Nodal Officer for the Silkyara rescue operation and Secretary to the Uttarakhand government, Neeraj Khairwal, during a press briefing on Tuesday, informed that if there are no more hurdles, the rescuers are anticipating an early evacuation of the trapped labourers.
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Vertical drilling of Uttarkashi tunnel begins to rescue 41 trapped workers
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The vertical drilling to rescue the trapped workers in the Silkyara tunnel, which was halted earlier today, has been resumed and the rescuers have managed to make progress over a distance of 17 metres from the hill above the tunnel.
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Uttarakhand tunnel rescue: Rescuers make 8-metre progress through vertical
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
With vertical drilling underway to further aid the rescue of the trapped workers in Silkyara tunnel, the rescuers managed to make progress over a distance of 8 metres down the ground in the last one and a half hours.
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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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"Confident that they will be home in time for Christmas": Arnold Dix expre
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Expressing hope about the safe return of the 41 workers by Christmas festival who are trapped in Uttarkashi's Silkyara tunnel, International Tunneling Expert Arnold Dix on Saturday said that he does not exactly know about the timeline on when will the rescue operation be successful adding th
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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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Uttarkashi tunnel rescue: Manual drilling to reach workers will start once
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Manual drilling will start soon to cut through the debris that separates rescuers from the 41 trapped workers in the collapsed portion of the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi, officials informed on Saturday.
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Uttarkashi tunnel rescue: CM Dhami tracks ops from temporary office camp a
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
As merely a few metres separated the rescuers and the trapped workers in the collapsed portion of the under-construction of the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi, a temporary camp office was put together at Matali for Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami to monitor the ongoing operation real-ti
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Tunnel collapse: Essential items delivered to trapped workers, 'will free
Updated : 2 years, 6 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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Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Attempt of Horizontal drilling, feeding trappe
Updated : 2 years, 6 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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