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Uttarkashi Rescue Ops: BRO completes hill top road to access Silkyara tunn
Updated : 2 years, 3 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, 3 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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Uttarkashi: Location for vertical drilling identified to evacuate 41 trapp
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
As per the Director of National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation (NHIDCL), Anshu Manish Khulko, the machine for vertical drilling from the upper part of the mountain above the tunnel will arrive in 1 to 2 days.
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Sudarsan Pattnaik creates sand art praying for rescue of workers trapped i
Updated : 2 years, 3 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, 3 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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Matar Paneer, Veg Pulao packed for workers trapped in Uttarkashi tunnel
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
As the ongoing operation to extricate 41 labourers trapped inside the collapsed portion of the under-construction Silkyara tunnel of Uttarkashi entered its tenth day, rescuers on Tuesday packed solid food items such as veg pulao and matar paneer for them.
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"Will come up with 'good news' in next 40 hrs if..." say officials as they
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
With the rescuers focusing on the 'horizontal drilling' method to evacuate 41 labourers trapped in the Silkyara tunnel, an official on Tuesday said that the time from tonight is the 'most crucial' and that if everything goes right, some 'good news' will come up in the next 40 hours.
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Focused effort is 'horizontal drilling' to rescue workers trapped in Silky
Updated : 2 years, 3 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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"I am fine Maa, please eat your meals on time": Worker trapped in Silkyara
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
In a major breakthrough in the ongoing Silkyara tunnel collapse rescue team officials successfully developed communication with the trapped workers through the 6-inch pipeline on Tuesday morning.
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Do not sensationalise Uttarkashi incident, Centre advises TV channels
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has on Tuesday issued an advisory to television channels to refrain from sensationalising the ongoing rescue operation underway at Silkyara in Uttarakhand and from undertaking any live posts or videos from close proximity of the tunnel site. Read More
Silkyara tunnel collapse: PM Modi takes stock of progress of ongoing rescu
Updated : 2 years, 3 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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"Work being done to get 6-inch pipeline fully functional" says tunnelling
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association president Arnold Dix who is currently overseeing the ongoing rescue efforts at the Uttarkashi tunnel collapse site said that works were being done to get the 6-inch pipeline fully functional.
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