Why it took 17 days for rescuers in India to get to 41 workers trapped in a mountain tunnel
1 year ago

Why it took 17 days for rescuers in India to get to 41 workers trapped in a mountain tunnel

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — The rescue mission was expected to last only a few days. All 41 construction workers who were trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel in northern India have been pulled out after 17 days, on Tuesday, Nov. 28. The efforts to reach the workers, aided by international tunneling experts and spearheaded by multiple Indian rescue agencies, was one of the most significant and complicated rescue operations in India’s recent history. Ambulances wait to carry workers from the site of an under-construction road tunnel that collapsed in Silkyara in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, India, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. Officials in India said Tuesday they were on the verge of rescuing the 41 construction workers trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel for over two weeks in the country’s north, after rescuers drilled their way through debris to reach them.

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Race to rescue foreign workers trapped in collapsed tunnel in Thailand
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Race to rescue foreign workers trapped in collapsed tunnel in Thailand

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Rescuers in Thailand are racing …

Patience of workers trapped in Silkyara tunnel is inspiration for all: CM Dhami
1 year ago

Patience of workers trapped in Silkyara tunnel is inspiration for all: CM Dhami

Hindustan Times  

In his address during a programme here to celebrate the success of Silkyara rescue mission, Dhami commended the agencies of the Central and state governments involved in the evacuation of 41 workers from the tunnel. Dhami said Prime Minister Narendra Modi took updates on the rescue mission from him every day and helped expedite delivery of the equipment and other …

'Two nations are in his debt': Australian PM lauds expert Arnold Dix's efforts in Uttarkashi tunnel rescue
1 year ago

'Two nations are in his debt': Australian PM lauds expert Arnold Dix's efforts in Uttarkashi tunnel rescue

India TV News  

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday lauded the heroic efforts of international tunneling expert Professor Arnold Dix in rescuing 41 trapped workers from a collapsed mountain tunnel in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi as well as improving bilateral relations with India. For over two weeks, the world has been gripped by these 41 construction workers trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel in …

From Uttarakhand tunnel to Thai cave: The world's most daring rescue missions
1 year ago

From Uttarakhand tunnel to Thai cave: The world's most daring rescue missions

Firstpost  

Indians are joyful as all 41 construction workers trapped inside a tunnel in Uttarakhand have been brought back to safety after 17 days. This heroic mission has evoked memories of the Thai cave rescue and evacuation of Chilean miners after 69 days It was a daring rescue operation. #UttarakhandTunnelRescue: Big tunnel rescue operation concluded after 17 days, workers now out …

Rescued Jharkhand workers’ kin rue lack of jobs forces youth to put lives in danger
1 year ago

Rescued Jharkhand workers’ kin rue lack of jobs forces youth to put lives in danger

Hindustan Times  

A kilometre off the Ranchi-Hazaribag expressway, Khirabera is a village of around 1,000 people, mostly tribal, in the picturesque Chutupalu Valley. Sukhram Bediya, Anil Bediya, and Rajendra Bediya, Khirabera natives who were among the 41 workers rescued from the collapsed Uttarakhand tunnel on Tuesday, too, were forced to look for work hundreds of kilometers away from home. “They have to …

In Graphics | A day-by-day account of the daring Uttarkashi rescue operation
1 year ago

In Graphics | A day-by-day account of the daring Uttarkashi rescue operation

Firstpost  

The intense rescue mission at the Uttarkashi tunnel, which clocked more than 400 hours and was delayed by a series of snags and overshadowed by equal parts hope and despair, ended in success for everyone involved. Here’s how the rescue efforts unfolded After 17 days of intense efforts by numerous agencies, all 41 of the workers who were trapped in …

Licked water from...: How workers survived in Uttarkashi tunnel for 17 days
1 year ago

Licked water from...: How workers survived in Uttarkashi tunnel for 17 days

India Today  

Anil Bediya, one of the 41 labourers who were rescued from a collapsed Uttarakhand tunnel after 17 days, survived the ordeal by eating 'muri' and licking water dripping from rocks. "Loud shrieks punctuated the air.We all thought we would be buried inside the tunnel and had lost all hope during the first couple of days," Bediya told PTI over the …

How rat miners rescued workers from Indian tunnel after 17 days
1 year ago

How rat miners rescued workers from Indian tunnel after 17 days

Al Jazeera  

On Tuesday, rescue workers managed to bring India a dose of good news, saving 41 men who had been trapped under a collapsed tunnel in India’s Himalayan Uttarakhand state since November 12. But after days of attempts, it wasn’t just high-tech tools that brought success — a team of so-called rat miners, practicing a craft that’s officially illegal, proved saviours …

How the Uttarakhand tunnel rescue operation transpired in 17 days. Here's the timeline
1 year ago

How the Uttarakhand tunnel rescue operation transpired in 17 days. Here's the timeline

Hindustan Times  

After an intense 17-day rescue operation, all 41 workers trapped in the partially collapsed Silkyara Tunnel in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi district were rescued on Tuesday. The first worker emerged from the trapped area at 7.56 pm, followed by the others brought out soon after National Disaster Response Force personnel along with other rescue operatives gather near the face of the collapsed …

Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: How the rescue of 41 trapped workers unfolded over 17 days
1 year ago

Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: How the rescue of 41 trapped workers unfolded over 17 days

Firstpost  

The 41 workers trapped inside the collapsed Silkyara tunnel have finally seen the light of day. A look back at what happened over the past two weeks The ordeal of 41 workers trapped inside the collapsed tunnel in Uttarkashi has finally come to an end on Tuesday as rescue workers successfully cleared the final few metres of debris and laid …

Uttarkashi tunnel: What awaits the 41 trapped workers after rescue?
1 year ago

Uttarkashi tunnel: What awaits the 41 trapped workers after rescue?

Firstpost  

After a long wait of 17 days, the rescue teams at the collapsed Uttarkashi tunnel site achieved a breakthrough and pulled out the 41 trapped labourers. Soon all the labour brothers will be taken out.” बाबा बौख नाग जी की असीम कृपा, करोड़ों देशवासियों की प्रार्थना एवं रेस्क्यू ऑपरेशन में लगे सभी बचाव दलों के अथक परिश्रम के फलस्वरूप श्रमिकों …

Rescuers push pipe through Uttarakhand tunnel debris to get trapped men out
1 year ago

Rescuers push pipe through Uttarakhand tunnel debris to get trapped men out

Hindustan Times  

Rescuers on Tuesday managed to push a pipe through the debris to get out the 41 men trapped since a part of the 4.5km-long Silkyara-Barkot tunnel collapsed in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi 17 days ago. With frequent challenges, our hopes were getting dashed.” {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said, “With the blessings of Baba Baukh Nag and …

Rescuers push pipe through Uttarakhand tunnel debris to get trapped men out
1 year ago

Rescuers push pipe through Uttarakhand tunnel debris to get trapped men out

Hindustan Times  

Rescuers on Tuesday managed to push a pipe through the debris to get out the 41 men trapped since a part of the 4.5km-long Silkyara-Barkot tunnel collapsed in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi 17 days ago. With frequent challenges, our hopes were getting dashed.” Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said, “With the blessings of Baba Baukh Nag and prayers of crores of …

Uttarkashi: Ambulances ready, road being repaired to rush trapped workers to hospital
1 year ago

Uttarkashi: Ambulances ready, road being repaired to rush trapped workers to hospital

Deccan Chronicle  

Uttarkashi: With just five metres left to achieve a breakthrough in digging through the rubble of the Silkyara tunnel, preparations got underway on Tuesday to rush the trapped workers to a hospital for immediate medical care following their rescue. Pipes have been inserted up to 52 metres through the rubble at Silkyara tunnel, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said …

Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Trapped workers to be brought out soon
1 year ago

Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Trapped workers to be brought out soon

Firstpost  

Over 12 rat hole mining experts have been employed in the horizontal excavation efforts who have been working their way through the last 10 or 12-metre stretch of debris of the collapsed portion of the under-construction tunnel on Uttarakhand’s Char Dham route since Monday A major breakthrough has been reached in the Uttarkashi tunnel rescue operation as the pipe-laying work …

Uttarkashi tunnel collapse | After 17-day ordeal, trapped workers rescued
1 year ago

Uttarkashi tunnel collapse | After 17-day ordeal, trapped workers rescued

The Hindu  

November 28, 2023 10:21 am | Updated November 29, 2023 06:02 am IST - Uttarkashi In what is being dubbed India’s one of the most challenging and dangerous rescue operations, the 41 workers trapped in the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand were brought out on Tuesday – ending their 17-day ordeal that began on the morning of Deepavali. Uttarkashi tunnel …

Uttarkashi tunnel rescue: Good news by this evening? CM Dhami's big update
1 year ago

Uttarkashi tunnel rescue: Good news by this evening? CM Dhami's big update

Hindustan Times  

As the rescue operations entered the 17th day in the Silkyara tunnel, rescuers crossed the 50-metre mark and needed to dig through around seven metres of rubble using rat-hole mining techniques to bring out the 41 trapped workers. "Rat miners" stand before they begin manual drilling as rescue operations are in progress after workers got trapped in a collapse of …

First video of manual drilling inside collapsed Uttarkashi tunnel to rescue 41 workers released
1 year ago

First video of manual drilling inside collapsed Uttarkashi tunnel to rescue 41 workers released

Hindustan Times  

The first visuals of manual drilling inside the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi to rescue the 41 trapped workers were released by news agency ANI on Tuesday morning. The first visuals of manual drilling inside the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi were released by news agency ANI. Micro tunnelling expert Chris Cooper on Tuesday morning said three metres of manual …

Uttarakhand tunnel rescue highlights: ‘Will review all tunnels in state to avoid such cases,’ says CM Dhami
1 year ago

Uttarakhand tunnel rescue highlights: ‘Will review all tunnels in state to avoid such cases,’ says CM Dhami

Hindustan Times  

Nov 28, 2023 9:50 PM IST How the Uttarakhand tunnel rescue operation transpired in 17 days November 12: Following a landslide at the Silkyara-Dandalgaon tunnel on the Brahmkhal-Yamunotri highway in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi, 41 labourers got trapped. November 15: Dissatisfied with the initial drilling machine's performance, the National Handloom Development Corporation Limited requested a more advanced auger machine from Delhi, airlifting …

Uttarakashi tunnel collapse: What went wrong with 41 workers who got trapped inside Sikyara tunnel? EXPLAINED
1 year ago

Uttarakashi tunnel collapse: What went wrong with 41 workers who got trapped inside Sikyara tunnel? EXPLAINED

India TV News  

In a major development, the 41 workers trapped in the 4.5-kilometer-long Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand for 17 days are on the verge of being rescued. The Char Dham Project and the Silkyara Tunnel The Silkyara tunnel, a key element of the Centre's Char Dham project, aims to provide all-weather connectivity to four prominent Hindu shrines in Uttarakhand: Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri, …

Uttarkashi tunnel rescue: All 41 workers evacuated after long operation | WATCH
1 year ago

Uttarkashi tunnel rescue: All 41 workers evacuated after long operation | WATCH

India TV News  

After 17 days of tireless rescue operations, all 41 workers who were trapped after a portion of the under-construction tunnel in Uttarkashi district caved in a fortnight ago were rescued on Tuesday. The National Disaster Response Force, State Disaster Response Force, Border Roads Organisation, project executing agency National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited and Indo-Tibetan Border Police jointly executed …

Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: From rat-hole mining to vertical drilling, methods used to rescue 41 workers
1 year ago

Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: From rat-hole mining to vertical drilling, methods used to rescue 41 workers

India TV News  

Uttarkashi Tunnel Collapse: India's biggest evacuation operation to rescue 41 trapped workers inside the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand, who have been stuck for the last 16 days, is in the final stage and the evacuation of the stranded labourers is expected to begin very soon. Horizontal drilling approach to reach trapped labourers Horizontal drilling using the American auger machine was …

All 41 miners rescued from collapsed tunnel in India’s Uttarakhand
1 year ago

All 41 miners rescued from collapsed tunnel in India’s Uttarakhand

Al Jazeera  

Rescuers manage to reach labourers trapped in mountainous area, pull them up through escape pipe. Some rushed toward me and hugged me.” Another rescuer called Vakil said: “We had decided that we would work 24/7 and not leave until we bring all of them out.” I am completely relieved and happy as 41 trapped laborers in the Silkyara Tunnel Collapse …

Uttarkashi tunnel collapse Updates | PM Modi urges to pray for 41 labourers, says Govt. ‘leaving no stone unturned’ to get them out
1 year ago

Uttarkashi tunnel collapse Updates | PM Modi urges to pray for 41 labourers, says Govt. ‘leaving no stone unturned’ to get them out

The Hindu  

The vertical drilling from the top of the hill makes swift progress as 36 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. Twelve rat-hole mining experts will be involved in manual drilling and excavation horizontally through the last 10- or …

India rescuers dig by hand to free 41 tunnel workers trapped for weeks
1 year ago

India rescuers dig by hand to free 41 tunnel workers trapped for weeks

Al Jazeera  

‘Rat miners’ to drill through a narrow pipe to pull out workers trapped in the Himalayan tunnel after high-powered machines fail. Rescuers in India are preparing to dig by hand to reach 41 workers trapped in a collapsed road tunnel for 16 days, a rescue operation hit by repeated setbacks. The drilling from inside the pipe, which is 900mm wide, …

Silkyara tunnel collapse | On Day 15, rescuers set a 100-hour vertical drilling target
1 year ago

Silkyara tunnel collapse | On Day 15, rescuers set a 100-hour vertical drilling target

The Hindu  

With horizontal drilling to reach the 41 workers trapped in the Silkyara tunnel stuck for the third consecutive day, rescuers began vertical drilling above the tunnel, completing nearly 19.5 meters of boring on November 26. Briefing the media about the vertical drilling, as the rescue operation entered its 15th day, Additional Secretary Mahmood Ahmed said there could be a need …

Rescue teams set 100-hour vertical drilling target - The Hindu
1 year ago

Rescue teams set 100-hour vertical drilling target - The Hindu

The Hindu  

As the trapped workers complete two weeks stuck inside the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi, rescuers are switching to different options to reach them. “This operation could take a long time,” National Disaster Management Authority member Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain said at his media briefing. At the disaster site, international tunnelling expert Arnold Dix repeated his promise of getting the …

Silkyara tunnel rescue ‘dangerous’, may take a ‘long time’: NDMA
1 year ago

Silkyara tunnel rescue ‘dangerous’, may take a ‘long time’: NDMA

The Hindu  

Multiple hurdles are now delaying the rescue of 41 labourers, who have been trapped inside the trapped Silkyara tunnel for two weeks now. With no sign of rescue in the next one or two days, the kin of the trapped workers are getting restless, even as Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami promised the workers that their safe evacuation was …

Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: 'Operation to rescue 41 workers may take long time', says NDMA
1 year, 1 month ago

Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: 'Operation to rescue 41 workers may take long time', says NDMA

India TV News  

As the rescue operations to evacuate 41 workers trapped in Uttarakhand's Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi district entered the thirteenth day on Friday, it faced yet another setback. The auger drilling machine hit a metal girder in the evening, a little after drilling was resumed after officials resolved a technical snag. An official said the auger drilling machine faced a hurdle, …

India rescuers hit snags in two-week bid to free 41 tunnel workers
1 year, 1 month ago

India rescuers hit snags in two-week bid to free 41 tunnel workers

Al Jazeera  

Indian rescuers have brought in a new manual digging machine to open a vertical shaft to free 41 workers trapped inside a collapsed road tunnel for two weeks, after efforts through another route hit snags just metres from reaching the men. The men, construction workers from some of India’s poorest states, have been stuck in the 4.5km tunnel being built …

How did the 41 workers trapped inside a collapsed Himalayan highway tunnel survive for almost two weeks?
1 year, 1 month ago

How did the 41 workers trapped inside a collapsed Himalayan highway tunnel survive for almost two weeks?

ABC  

Rescue workers have been drilling through tonnes of collapsed rock to reach a crew of 41 men trapped in a tunnel in the Himalayas for the past two weeks. The men have been stuck in the 4.5-kilometre tunnel in India's Uttarakhand state since it caved in early on November 12 and are safe, authorities have said, with access to light, …

WATCH: How 41 workers trapped in Uttarkashi tunnel will be pulled out on wheeled stretchers
1 year, 1 month ago

WATCH: How 41 workers trapped in Uttarkashi tunnel will be pulled out on wheeled stretchers

Firstpost  

A team of NDRF on Friday demonstrated the use of wheeled stretchers to pull out trapped workers inside the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi The moment of safe recuse of 41 workers trapped inside an under-construction tunnel in Uttarkashi is approaching. A video shared on Friday showed a team of the National Disaster Response Force demonstrating the use of wheeled …

Tunnel rescuers hope to get 41 trapped men out today
1 year, 1 month ago

Tunnel rescuers hope to get 41 trapped men out today

Hindustan Times  

There was hope of an immediate breakthrough at the site of a tunnel collapse in Silkyara as the drilling to reach the trapped workers resumed around 10am on Thursday morning, after a 14-hour-long halt due to a metal object in the debris damaging the blades of the drilling machine. READ | Uttarakhand: First video of workers stuck inside collapsed Uttarkashi …

Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: NDMA warns of potential risk to workers, rescuers amid '2-hour rescue' hope
1 year, 1 month ago

Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: NDMA warns of potential risk to workers, rescuers amid '2-hour rescue' hope

Hindustan Times  

Uttarkashi: A senior member of the National Disaster Management Authority on Thursday warned the masses against putting pressure on the rescue teams with their expectations of a hasty rescue of the 41 workers trapped in a partially collapsed tunnel in Uttarkashi. Uttarkashi: Security and media personnel gather around a bonfire during the rescue operation of 41 workers trapped inside the …

'12-14 hours': Senior official gives time frame for Uttarakhand tunnel rescue operation
1 year, 1 month ago

'12-14 hours': Senior official gives time frame for Uttarakhand tunnel rescue operation

Hindustan Times  

Uttarkashi: The Uttarakhand tunnel collapse rescue operation is likely to be completed in 12-14 hours, former advisor to the prime minister's office, Bhaskar Khulbe, said on Thursday. Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, alongside Independent disaster investigator and President of the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association Arnold Dix, walk out of the tunnel after reviewing the rescue operation to …

Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: The final stages of rescue ops to save 41 trapped men
1 year, 1 month ago

Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: The final stages of rescue ops to save 41 trapped men

Firstpost  

The operation to rescue trapped workers entered its final stretch early Thursday with the last pipe to prepare an escape passage being pushed in through the rubble. Rescue operation at critical stage The operation to rescue trapped workers entered its final stretch early Thursday with the last pipe to prepare an escape passage being pushed in through the rubble. He …

Uttarkashi Tunnel Collapse: NDRF team enters tunnel to save 41 trapped workers with ambulances on standby
1 year, 1 month ago

Uttarkashi Tunnel Collapse: NDRF team enters tunnel to save 41 trapped workers with ambulances on standby

Live Mint  

A 15-member NDRF team, led by a commandant, has been assigned the mission of rescuing 41 labourers trapped for the past 10 days in the collapsed Silkyara Tunnel in Uttarkashi. Covering a distance of 1605 km, this initiative aims to support the rescue efforts for the trapped workers in the Uttarkashi tunnel collapse incident. Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren voiced …

Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Drilling platform develops cracks, rescue work of 41 trapped on hold again
1 year, 1 month ago

Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Drilling platform develops cracks, rescue work of 41 trapped on hold again

India TV News  

Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: As a multi-agency effort to rescue 41 workers trapped in the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi has entered the final stretch, 41 ambulances were put on standby and a special ward at a local health centre kept ready. National Disaster Management Authority member Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain, while addressing a press conference, said workers trapped in tunnel …

Push to rescue 41 Indian workers trapped in tunnel enters final stage
1 year, 1 month ago

Push to rescue 41 Indian workers trapped in tunnel enters final stage

Al Jazeera  

Ambulances on standby as rescuers dig through final metres of debris to help workers trapped for nearly two weeks. The rescue operation in northern India to free 41 construction workers who have been trapped in a collapsed tunnel for nearly two weeks is in the final stages, authorities say. “We should be able to rescue them in today’s date.” The …

Uttarkashi tunnel collapse | Workers in Silkyara tunnel closer to freedom
1 year, 1 month ago

Uttarkashi tunnel collapse | Workers in Silkyara tunnel closer to freedom

The Hindu  

The 41 workers stuck in a collapsed tunnel in Uttarakhand’s Silkyara are likely to see sunlight on Thursday, for the first time since they were trapped on November 12, according to rescue teams working round the clock to create an escape route. Apart from horizontal drilling through the debris, vertical drilling is being done simultaneously at the side by a …

Uttarakhand tunnel rescue Highlights: 6-8 metres of drilling left, ambulances wait outside tunnel
1 year, 1 month ago

Uttarakhand tunnel rescue Highlights: 6-8 metres of drilling left, ambulances wait outside tunnel

India Today  

Rescue and relief operations have intensified at the Silkyara tunnel collapse site where 41 workers have been trapped since November 12. The boring operation to create an escape passage for the trapped workers resumed last night, with rescuers successfully placing broad pipes up to a depth of 45 meters through the debris. This came after a six-inch diameter food pipeline …

Amid Uttarkashi tunnel collapse, a look at how Thailand, Chile survivors defied death
1 year, 1 month ago

Amid Uttarkashi tunnel collapse, a look at how Thailand, Chile survivors defied death

India Today  

A 27-year-old mountain climber, full of life and energy, slips and gets his hand trapped under a boulder in a canyon in Utah, United States. Four cases where people, including the Chile miners and the Thai footballers, were rescued after being trapped underground for days. 33 CHILE MINERS RESCUED AFTER 69 DAYS In the longest-ever rescue operation till date, 33 …

Visuals of Uttarkashi workers out; rescue team to focus on ‘horizontal drilling’
1 year, 1 month ago

Visuals of Uttarkashi workers out; rescue team to focus on ‘horizontal drilling’

Live Mint  

As the operation to rescue the 41 trapped workers inside the Silkyara tunnel of Uttarkashi entered its 10th day, a major relief came with the emergence of their first visuals. The National Disaster Management Authority, while sharing details about the progress made towards reaching the trapped workers, said the focus would be on “horizontal digging” instead of finding a route …

Hopes and despair as rescue efforts continue at Uttarkashi | In pictures
1 year, 1 month ago

Hopes and despair as rescue efforts continue at Uttarkashi | In pictures

The Hindu  

A portion of an under-construction tunnel between Silkyara and Dandalgaon on the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri National Highway collapsed early on November 19, trapping around 40 workers inside. In a first major breakthrough in nine days, agencies working round the clock to rescue the 41 workers trapped in an under-construction tunnel at Silkyara in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand have managed to install a …

Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: What are the 5 plans to evacuate trapped workers?
1 year, 1 month ago

Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: What are the 5 plans to evacuate trapped workers?

Hindustan Times  

A total of 41 workers are trapped for over a week in a collapsed tunnel in Uttarakhand and rescuers are working nonstop on different plans to evacuate them. Horizontal boring using augur machine The National Highway Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited team will recommenc it drilling from the mouth of tunnel from the Silkyara side after it hit a snag on …

Evacuation of all 41 workers trapped in collapsed Uttarkashi tunnel should be top priority: PM Modi tells CM Dhami
1 year, 1 month ago

Evacuation of all 41 workers trapped in collapsed Uttarkashi tunnel should be top priority: PM Modi tells CM Dhami

Firstpost  

During the conversation, Uttarakhand CM Dhami briefed PM Modi about the successful laying of six-inch pipe through which food and other essentials like medicines will be sent Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday once again called up Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and took stock of the operation underway in Uttarkashi for the rescue of 41 workers trapped in the …

Men are coming home: Tunnel expert Arnold Dix says mission is to rescue all 41 trapped workers
1 year, 1 month ago

Men are coming home: Tunnel expert Arnold Dix says mission is to rescue all 41 trapped workers

Firstpost  

Authorities released the first footage of the men trapped inside the tunnel on Monday, giving a new ray of hope to worried families and relatives After a video of 40 workers trapped in Uttarkashi’s Silkyara tunnel provided a sigh of relief, International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association President Arnold Dix said that he is certain that the workers will come …

Uttarkashi Tunnel Collpase | As first visuals of trapped workers emerge, I&B Ministry sends advisory to TV channels
1 year, 1 month ago

Uttarkashi Tunnel Collpase | As first visuals of trapped workers emerge, I&B Ministry sends advisory to TV channels

The Hindu  

The first visuals of the 41 workers trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand since November 12 emerged on Tuesday after an endoscopic camera was sent in through the six-inch pipe which was drilled through the debris blocking the tunnel on Monday. “The two-km section of the tunnel, with completed concrete work ensuring the safety of the …

Uttarakhand tunnel collapse Highlights: Govt releases regionwise list of trapped workers
1 year, 1 month ago

Uttarakhand tunnel collapse Highlights: Govt releases regionwise list of trapped workers

Hindustan Times  

By Uttarakhand tunnel crash Highlights: One step closer to rescue trapped workers, the operation still faces lots of challenges. This picture released by Department of Information and Public Relation Uttarakhand and taken with endoscopic camera on November 21, 2023 shows a group of workers trapped inside the under-construction tunnel, days after it collapsed in the Uttarkashi district of India's Uttarakhand …

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