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"Some big news expected in next 24-hrs", says official supervising rescue
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Additional Secretary Technical, Road and Transport Mahmood Ahmed said on Wednesday that some big news is expected in the next 24 hours pending obstacles as an additional 880-millimeter pipe has also been pushed 21 metres through the rubble to free 41 workers trapped inside the Silkyara tu
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Tunnel collapse: Fmr PMO advisor says trapped workers are in 'high spirits
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Meanwhile, the location has been identified for vertical drilling to bring out 41 workers trapped inside Silkyara Tunnel, 11 days after the under-construction structure collapsed.
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Uttarkashi Rescue Ops: BRO completes hill top road to access Silkyara tunn
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Major Naman Narula of BRO, while speaking to ANI said that the road construction work- from the upper part of the tunnel to the marked place where the drilling work will be done has been completed.
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Tunnel collapse: Uttarakhand CM speaks with PM Modi, 'briefs him' about re
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said on Wednesday that he spoke with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the phone today and briefed him about the ongoing rescue operations at Silkyara tunnel, where 41 workers have been trapped for 11 days after a portion of an underconstructio
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Uttarkashi: Location for vertical drilling identified to evacuate 41 trapp
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
As per the Director of National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation (NHIDCL), Anshu Manish Khulko, the machine for vertical drilling from the upper part of the mountain above the tunnel will arrive in 1 to 2 days.
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Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Attempt of Horizontal drilling, feeding trappe
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The rescuers on the 10th day at the Silkyara tunnel site here attempted 'horizontal drilling' and fed trapped workers with solid cooked food simultaneously on Tuesday.
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Matar Paneer, Veg Pulao packed for workers trapped in Uttarkashi tunnel
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
As the ongoing operation to extricate 41 labourers trapped inside the collapsed portion of the under-construction Silkyara tunnel of Uttarkashi entered its tenth day, rescuers on Tuesday packed solid food items such as veg pulao and matar paneer for them.
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"Will come up with 'good news' in next 40 hrs if..." say officials as they
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
With the rescuers focusing on the 'horizontal drilling' method to evacuate 41 labourers trapped in the Silkyara tunnel, an official on Tuesday said that the time from tonight is the 'most crucial' and that if everything goes right, some 'good news' will come up in the next 40 hours.
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Our focus is to save lives of workers trapped inside Uttarkashi tunnel: ND
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Member of the National Disaster Management Authority, Lt General (Rtd) Syed Ata Hasnain on Tuesday said that our focus is to save the life of workers trapped inside the under-construction tunnel in Uttarkashi.
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Focused effort is 'horizontal drilling' to rescue workers trapped in Silky
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Tuesday said that the most 'focused effort' of rescuers working at the Silkyara tunnel collapse site is the 'horizontal drilling' through the Auger machine to evacuate the 41 workers trapped for 10 days in the 2-km-built portion of the
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"I am fine Maa, please eat your meals on time": Worker trapped in Silkyara
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
In a major breakthrough in the ongoing Silkyara tunnel collapse rescue team officials successfully developed communication with the trapped workers through the 6-inch pipeline on Tuesday morning.
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Do not sensationalise Uttarkashi incident, Centre advises TV channels
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has on Tuesday issued an advisory to television channels to refrain from sensationalising the ongoing rescue operation underway at Silkyara in Uttarakhand and from undertaking any live posts or videos from close proximity of the tunnel site. Read More
