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Mental health of workers trapped in Uttarkashi tunnel may be affected: Psy
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
"Because there is darkness in that tunnel as well as lack of oxygen, the government is making every effort to rescue the trapped workers, along with this oxygen and food, drinks and medicines are being supplied to the workers. So that apart from being physically fit, he also remains menta
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Uttarkashi: DRDO's Robotics Machine Team reaches site to aid in rescue of
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
As the rescuers race against time to evacuate the 41 trapped labourers into an under-construction tunnel in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi, a team of DRDO robotics has also reached their location to be of help.
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International Tunnelling expert Arnold Dix arrives at Uttarkashi tunnel co
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Tunnelling expert Arnold Dix arrives at Uttarkashi tunnel collapse site. Professor Arnold Dix specialises in underground and transportation infrastructure
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Uttarkashi tunnel crash: Five-option action plan to be adopted to rescue t
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Speaking to ANI after a high-level meeting on the decision, Jain said, "The government has taken a decision to work on all fronts to save the precious lives of the labourers trapped in the tunnel at Silkyara. Today in a high-level meeting, various options were examined based on technical
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Uttarkashi tunnel crash: Indian Army tasked to build track near tunnel to
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The Army has been tasked with constructing a track to the top of the hill so that the option of reaching out to trapped workers through vertical drilling can be availed of. After a week of ongoing Uttarkashi tunnel recuse operation, Indian Army has now also been actively enrolled in the r
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Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Tree cutting expert to vertical drilling, admi
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The administration is looking to enrol a tree cutting expect in the ongoing recuse operation at the Silkyara tunnel incident site.
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Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Drilling work halted, another machine from Ind
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The ongoing drilling work to reach the 40 trapped workers inside the Silkyara tunnel was halted on Saturday after the rescuers bored 25 metres into the rubble, a top official said.
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Uttarkashi: Heavy drilling machines brought to speed up rescue op of 40 tr
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Meanwhile, protests broke on Wednesday outside the Silkyara-Barkot tunnel in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi as workers protested over the delay in rescuing 40 labourers who have been trapped inside after a portion of the under-construction tunnel collapsed on Sunday.
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Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Large diameter pipes, drilling machines arriv
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
According to authorities, a platform is being prepared for an auger machine to drill horizontally and insert large diameter MS pipes in between the debris so that the trapped workers can be taken out throught the metal pipes.
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PM Modi speaks to Uttarakhand CM; takes stock of situation of 40 trapped w
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
However, talking about the information about the relief and rescue operations, the Chief Minister said that various state and central agencies are engaged in relief and rescue operations with mutual coordination and promptness.
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Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Priority is evacuating trapped workers, says D
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
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.
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Manipur landslide: LoP Debabrata Saikia urges PM Modi for quick evacuation
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], July 3 (ANI): Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Assam Legislative Assembly, Debabrata Saikia on Sunday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and urged him to expedite the evacuation of workers, trapped in the massive landslide in Manipur and sought immediate aid to fami
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