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Uttarakhand tunnel rescue: Rat hole mining to be employed to remove debris
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
In an effort to step up the rescue operations in Uttarkashi, a rat hole mining technique will be used through manual drilling to remove the debris inside the pipe on the 16th day of continued rescue efforts in Silkyara tunnel, according to officials.
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Devotees light 21,000 lamps in Har ki Paudi, pray for labourers trapped in
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
As the Uttarkashi tunnel rescue operation enters day 16 on Monday, prayers are granted across the nation for the safe rescue of the 41 trapped soldiers.
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Uttarkashi tunnel rescue: 31 metres of vertical drilling work done so far
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The vertical drilling from the top of the hill makes swift progress as 31 metres of drilling work has been completed so far out of the 86 metres needed to reach the 41 trapped workers in the Silkyara tunnel, as per officials.
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"Vertical drilling of 19.2 meters completed...": NHIDCL MD on Uttarkashi t
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) Managing Director Mahmood Ahmad on Sunday informed that a total of 19.2 meters of vertical drilling has been completed at Uttarkashi's tunnel where 41 workers remained trapped.
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"86 meters of vertical drilling required to reach tunnel's crust": NDMA on
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
National Disaster Management Authority Member, Lt General (Rtd) Syed Ata Hasnain on Sunday said that 86 meters of vertical drilling is required to reach the crust of the Uttarkashi's tunnel where 41 workers remained trapped adding that 17 meters of the drilling has already taken place.
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Uttarkashi rescue operation: Process of removing auger machine is underway
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
As rescue personnel raced against time to reach the workers trapped inside an under-construction tunnel, the process of removing the Auger machine from the debris is underway, and the process is being done by cutting through a plasma cutter machine.
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Indian Army's engineer regiment called in for manual drilling at Uttarkash
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The Indian Army has been called in at Uttarkashi's Silkyara tunnel for manual drilling at the site where 41 workers have remained trapped for the past 15 days.
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Vertical drilling of Uttarkashi tunnel begins to rescue 41 trapped workers
Updated : 2 years, 3 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, 3 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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Vertical drilling underway to rescue workers trapped in Uttarkashi tunnel
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Vertical drilling, one of the several chalked-out options to bring out 41 workers who have been trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi since November 12, finally started on Sunday afternoon.
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"I do not want my son to work in tunnel," says father of Uttar Pradesh wor
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Resuce operations have been halted after a machine got stuck inside the tunnel, dashing the hopes of the workers to see the light of day.
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Arnold Dix calls tunnel collapse in Uttarkashi 'unusual occurrence', sugge
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
International tunnelling expert Arnold Dix said that there was no clue of a collapse in the area where the incident happened, in which 41 workers have been trapped for two weeks, while urging to investigate the matter.
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