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Rescue operations at full swing, committed to saving lives of workers in U
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
A major breakthrough has been achieved when National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited completed drilling of another six-inches diameter pipeline
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Mental health of workers trapped in Uttarkashi tunnel may be affected: Psy
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
"Because there is darkness in that tunnel as well as lack of oxygen, the government is making every effort to rescue the trapped workers, along with this oxygen and food, drinks and medicines are being supplied to the workers. So that apart from being physically fit, he also remains menta
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Silkyara tunnel collapse: 6-inch-wide pipe reaches trapped labourers; resc
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
A six-inch pipe has been laid at the Silkyara tunnel through which nutritious food and medicines could be supplied to the 41 labourers, trapped for over a week after parts of the under-construction structure collapsed following a landslide.
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International Tunnelling expert Arnold Dix arrives at Uttarkashi tunnel co
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Tunnelling expert Arnold Dix arrives at Uttarkashi tunnel collapse site. Professor Arnold Dix specialises in underground and transportation infrastructure
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900 metre diameter pipe being inserted through Auger machine: Uttarakhand
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
"We are inserting a 900-mm-diameter pipe with the help of the Auger machine. We have reached 22 meters and we are going ahead rapidly," Uttarakhand Disaster Management Secretary Ranjit Sinha said.
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"Expect we can reach victims in two-odd days": Gadkari after inspecting Ut
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Union minister Nitin Gadkari, who visited the Uttarkashi tunnel collapse site on Sunday, said he expects the rescuers will be able to reach the victims who are trapped inside it in another two to two-and-a-half-day.
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Uttarkashi tunnel crash: Five-option action plan to be adopted to rescue t
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Speaking to ANI after a high-level meeting on the decision, Jain said, "The government has taken a decision to work on all fronts to save the precious lives of the labourers trapped in the tunnel at Silkyara. Today in a high-level meeting, various options were examined based on technical
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Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Nitin Gadkari, CM Dhami take stock of rescue o
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Meanwhile, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami reached Silkyara to review the ongoing rescue and relief operation.
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Uttarkashi tunnel crash: Rescue team begins operation to insert 6-inch pip
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The team is trying to insert the 6-inch-diameter pipe instead of the 4-inch-diameter inch through which the supply of food and supplements will be maintained.
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Uttarkashi tunnel crash: Indian Army tasked to build track near tunnel to
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The Army has been tasked with constructing a track to the top of the hill so that the option of reaching out to trapped workers through vertical drilling can be availed of. After a week of ongoing Uttarkashi tunnel recuse operation, Indian Army has now also been actively enrolled in the r
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Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Tree cutting expert to vertical drilling, admi
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The administration is looking to enrol a tree cutting expect in the ongoing recuse operation at the Silkyara tunnel incident site.
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Uttarakhand govt to provide accommodation, food, health facilities to kin
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
According to an official release from the Chief Minister's Office (CMO), "Chief Minister Dhami said that the state government will provide accommodation, food and health facilities to the families of the workers."
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