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Uttarakhand tunnel rescue: PM Modi speaks to CM Dhami, takes stock of the
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
With operations to safely evacuate 41 trapped labourers out of the Silkyara tunnel underway, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took stock of the ongoing rescue and relief efforts from Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami via call on Tuesday.
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Uttarakhand tunnel rescue: Multi-pronged operations underway as vertical,
Updated : 2 years, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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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Uttarakhand tunnel rescue: Robots to check on mental well-being of trapped
Updated : 2 years, 5 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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Uttarakhand tunnel rescue: Auger machine debris removed, manual drilling t
Updated : 2 years, 5 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, 5 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, 5 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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Uttarakhand tunnel rescue: Rescuers make 8-metre progress through vertical
Updated : 2 years, 5 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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Uttarakhand tunnel rescue: IAF flies in 'critical DRDO equipment' to Uttar
Updated : 2 years, 5 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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Magna rod cutter machine deployed to speed up Uttarakhand tunnel rescue op
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The plasma cutter machine was brought to the Silkyara tunnel early in the morning.The process of removing the auger machine was underway even before the new machine arrived at the site.
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Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: BSNL steps in to provide landline phone to ena
Updated : 2 years, 5 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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