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"86 meters of vertical drilling required to reach tunnel's crust": NDMA on
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
National Disaster Management Authority Member, Lt General (Rtd) Syed Ata Hasnain on Sunday said that 86 meters of vertical drilling is required to reach the crust of the Uttarkashi's tunnel where 41 workers remained trapped adding that 17 meters of the drilling has already taken place.
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Uttarkashi rescue operation: Process of removing auger machine is underway
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
As rescue personnel raced against time to reach the workers trapped inside an under-construction tunnel, the process of removing the Auger machine from the debris is underway, and the process is being done by cutting through a plasma cutter machine.
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Indian Army's engineer regiment called in for manual drilling at Uttarkash
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The Indian Army has been called in at Uttarkashi's Silkyara tunnel for manual drilling at the site where 41 workers have remained trapped for the past 15 days.
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"Plasma cutter to aid removal of Auger machine, blades from debris": Micro
Updated : 2 years, 4 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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"No movement in last 24 hours...vertical drilling could commence in 48 hou
Updated : 2 years, 4 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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Uttarakhand CM takes stock of Silkyara tunnel rescue efforts, talks to tra
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday took stock of the Silkyara tunnel rescue operations and obtained information regarding the condition of the auger machine
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"No heavy objects present up to 5 metres": Experts on Uttarkashi rescue op
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Ground Penetrating Radar, also known as GPR, Georadar, Subsurface Interface Radar, or Geo-probing Radar, is a totally non-destructive technique to produce a cross-section profile of the subsurface without any drilling, trenching or ground disturbances.
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Uttarkashi rescue operation halted due to technical glitch
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The drilling by the American-made auger machine to rescue the trapped workers was halted after the rescue team faced a technical glitch.
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Uttarakhand CM Dhami takes stock of Uttarkashi rescue operation
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
"The responsibility of saving the precious lives of 41 people trapped in the tunnel is on all of us. The people involved in the campaign will have to work day and night to make the mission successful with full efficiency, capacity, promptness and caution. There will be no shortage of resourc
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"Uttarkashi rescue operation in final stage": Uttarakhand CM Dhami
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
"The rescue operation is in its last step. PM Modi is taking all the updates about the difficulties that workers might face and discussing the solutions. Both the central and state government's agencies are working together for the rescue operation. We hope that soon this operation will be c
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Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Workers to be rescued by this evening, asserts
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
As the ongoing operation to rescue 41 workers trapped in a collapsed portion of the Uttarkashi tunnel entered the 13th day, the director ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation), who is present at the site, asserted the labourers will be rescued by Friday.
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"These operations are like war, timelines should not be assumed...": NDMA
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Member of the National Disaster Management Authority, Lt General (Rtd) Syed Ata Hasnain on Wednesday said that the rescue operation which is underway at Uttarkashi's Silkyara tunnel where 41 workers remain trapped is like a "war" and no such specific timelines should be assumed by anyone.
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