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Uttarakhand tunnel rescue: Multi-pronged operations underway as vertical,
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The efforts to rescue 41 trapped labourers are progressing on multiple fronts with both vertical and manual drilling works taking off at an almost similar pace from atop the hill and inside the tunnel accordingly on Tuesday.
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"Will bring them out soon": Workers assert confidence as manual drilling m
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The workers involved in rat-hole mining inside the Silkyara tunnel to rescue 41 trapped labourers asserted confidence that the drilling work will be completed in 24 hours and the trapped labourers will be brought out soon as the rescue efforts entered 17th day on Tuesday.
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Uttarakhand tunnel rescue: Manual drilling underway, 50 metres crossed so
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
As the rescue operations enter the 17th day in the Silkyara tunnel, the work of manual drilling is underway to bring out the trapped workers.
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PM Modi urges to pray for 41 labourers trapped in Uttarkashi tunnel, says
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the government and all the agencies together are leaving no stone unturned to evacuate the workers trapped in the Uttarakhand tunnel for the last two weeks and that we have to pray for them to get out safely and as soon as possible.
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Adani Group clarifies it has no involvement in Uttarkashi tunnel construct
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The company stated that it strongly condemns the attempts to link it to the incident. Adani Group or any of its subsidiaries have no direct or indirect involvement in the construction of the Uttarkashi tunnel.
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Uttarakhand tunnel rescue: Robots to check on mental well-being of trapped
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
With the rescue operations making swift progress, robotics expert Milind Raj said, on Monday, that the mental well-being of trapped workers will be monitored through robots adding that they are using a homegrown indigenous technology for the same.
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No more GPR survey at Uttarakhand rescue site, team sent back to Delhi
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The GPR (Ground Penetrating Radar) survey team was sent back to Delhi as manual drilling began on the 16th day of the rescue operations in Uttarkashi.
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Uttarakhand tunnel rescue: Auger machine debris removed, manual drilling t
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Micro tunnelling expert Chris Cooper informed, on Monday, that all the debris of the auger machine has been removed and manual drilling to reach the trapped labourers will start in a few hours.
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Uttarkashi tunnel rescue: Manual digging specialist details operation to r
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
a team of six specialists have reached the site to undertake the manual drilling work. They will go inside the 800 mm pipe of the tunnel to remove the debris manually. The team includes engineers from the Indian Army's Madras Engineering Group as well as civilians.
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Uttarakhand tunnel rescue: Former Army Engineer-in-Chief vouches for manua
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
As the vertical drilling makes swift progress, former Engineer-in-Chief and Director General of Border Roads Organisation, Lieutenant General (retired) Harpal Singh said that there is no other way left except the manual method to reach the trapped workers in the Silkyara tunnel.
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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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"Everyone has been trying, hope that work is completed at earliest": Uttar
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Speaking to ANI on Monday, CM Dhami informed that the auger machine that got stuck in the debris has been taken out completely.
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