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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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Uttarakhand tunnel rescue: IAF flies in 'critical DRDO equipment' to Uttar
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The Indian Air Force on Sunday flew in 'critical DRDO equipment' in an effort to accelerate the rescue of 41 workers, who are trapped inside the collapsed portion of the under-construction Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi for over two weeks now, the IAF informed through an official release.<
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"Plasma cutter to aid removal of Auger machine, blades from debris": Micro
Updated : 2 years, 3 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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Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: CM Dhami meets family of trapped workers
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami visited on Sunday the family of Pushkar Singh Airi, a worker from Tanakpur who has been trapped in the Silkyara tunnel for the last 15 days.
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Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Plasma cutter flown from Hyderabad to cut aug
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
National Disaster Management Authority Member, Lt General Syed Ata Hasnain (retired) 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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Uttarkashi: Protection umbrella being laid inside Silkyara tunnel for resc
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Apart from that, as part of efforts to provide assurance to 41 workers trapped in the Silkyara tunnel and relieve their stress, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has stepped in to provide them with a landline through which they can talk to their families.
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Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: BSNL steps in to provide landline phone to ena
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
As part of efforts to provide assurance to 41 workers trapped in the Silkyara tunnel and relieve their stress, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has stepped in to provide them with a landline through which they can talk to their families.
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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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"Confident that they will be home in time for Christmas": Arnold Dix expre
Updated : 2 years, 3 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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"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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