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Sadhguru says Uttarakhand tunnel collapse an 'unfortunate human tragedy'
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev has said that the Uttarakhand tunnel collapse was an unfortunate human tragedy.
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"Combined sense of purpose to save 41 people outweighed all challenges" sa
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
If you haven't noticed, I think we have just witnessed a miracle, said Arnold Dix.
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Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: BJP criticises Congress for post against PM M
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Dushyant Kumar Gautam hit out at the Congress party on Tuesday over its post against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in connection with the tunnel collapse in Uttarakhand.
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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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Delegation led by Principal Secy to PM oversees ongoing rescue operations
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
A delegation led by Principal Secretary to Prime Minister, Pramod Kumar Mishra took stock of ongoing efforts to rescue 41 trapped workers in Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi on the 16th day of the operations.
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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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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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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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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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"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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