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CPI MP writes to PM Modi, expresses concern over 41 workers trapped in Utt
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Communist Party of India MP Binoy Viswam has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding the collapse of the under-construction Silkyara-Barkot tunnel in which 41 workers are trapped and said development activities in the Himalayan ecosystem should be undertaken after careful
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"No movement in last 24 hours...vertical drilling could commence in 48 hou
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
National Disaster Management Authority Member, Lt General (Rtd) Syed Ata Hasnain on Saturday said that there has been no movement in the last 24 hours in the drilling work to rescue the 41 workers trapped in the Uttarkashi tunnel for 13 days.
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Uttarakhand CM takes stock of Silkyara tunnel rescue efforts, talks to tra
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday took stock of the Silkyara tunnel rescue operations and obtained information regarding the condition of the auger machine
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Uttarakhand tunnel rescue op: Plasma cutter from Hyderabad being flown in,
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
"Everyone knows that this rescue operation is being done under difficult & challenging circumstances. The machine got stuck after reaching so close...We are expecting that by tomorrow morning this machine will come out, and after that, the operation will move forward manually. We are
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Uttarakhand CM Dhami inspects tunnel site; Arnold Dix sheds hope amid dela
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
"Prime Minister Narendra Modi is very sensitive towards the workers trapped in Silkyara, Uttarkashi Tunnel. Prime Minister is taking detailed information every day about the well-being of the workers and the ongoing relief and rescue operations in the tunnel. Central agencies, state admin
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Uttarkashi tunnel op: Vertical drilling team on standby mode as rescue eff
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
An SJVN official said, "We have given a proposal to the administration to do vertical drilling in 5 to 6 days; our team has done the survey for drilling; and apart from this, their drilling machine has also reached the spot to do the drilling. We are just waiting for the order to come." Read More
Uttarkashi tunnel rescue: BRO personnel to quickly transport machines for
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
"Soon, a joint meeting of all the concerned departments is going to be held and in that meeting, a decision will be taken as to what time the work on the vertical railing will start," said the official.
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Uttarkashi tunnel rescue: Manual drilling to reach workers will start once
Updated : 2 years, 3 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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Bengal's first lion safari to come up at North Bengal Animals Park in Sili
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
According to the officials, a pair of female lions from Alipur Zoo in Kolkata and another pair from Tripura will be brought in the first week of January next year. The construction works of an enclosure on 20 acres of land and night shelters are about to be completed.
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"No heavy objects present up to 5 metres": Experts on Uttarkashi rescue op
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Ground Penetrating Radar, also known as GPR, Georadar, Subsurface Interface Radar, or Geo-probing Radar, is a totally non-destructive technique to produce a cross-section profile of the subsurface without any drilling, trenching or ground disturbances.
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"Ground penetrating radar used to detect obstacles": NDMA on Uttarkashi tu
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Addressing a press briefing in New Delhi, Syed Ata Hasnain said, "Using ground penetrating radar, it has been detected that there is no obstacle in the next 5 metres on our path. We continue to use this to detect obstacles, if any. There is hope that the movement of the augor is done and wil
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Uttarkashi rescue operation halted due to technical glitch
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The drilling by the American-made auger machine to rescue the trapped workers was halted after the rescue team faced a technical glitch.
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