Tunnel collapse
- India
Uttarkashi tunnel: Workers licked water dripping from rocks, ate ‘muri’ to survive
Ranchi: Anil Bediya, one of the 41 labourers who were rescued from a collapsed Uttarakhand tunnel after 17 days, survived the ordeal by eating ‘muri’ (puffed rice) and licking water dripping from rocks.…
- India
Uttarakhand tunnel: PM Modi interacts with workers; lauds rescue operation
Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded a successful operation to rescue 41 workers trapped in an under-construction road tunnel in Uttarakhand on Tuesday, asserting that everyone involved in the mission has created an…
- India
Gadkari says ‘relieved and happy’ after rescue of 41 workers from Silkyara tunnel
New Delhi: Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said he is “relieved and happy” as all 41 trapped workers have been rescued from the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand. “I am completely…
- India
All 41 workers trapped in Uttarakhand tunnel finally rescued
Uttarkashi: After 17 days of agony for the 41 trapped labourers in the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi, on Tuesday, November 28, rescuers broke through the debris and managed to pull all…
- India
Uttarkashi tunnel rescue: Trapped 41 workers to breathe freedom soon
Uttarkashi: Rescue workers on Tuesday, November 28, drilled through the 60-metre stretch of the rubble of the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in which 41 workers have been trapped for the last 16 days, officials…
- India
Uttarkashi tunnel rescue: Vertical drilling over, ambulance sent in
A major breakthrough was achieved in the Silkayara tunnel rescue operation after verticle drilling was stopped temporarily and 55 meters of manual drilling was completed on Tuesday in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. According to…
- India
Uttarakhand tunnel rescue: Rescue shaft reaches 20 mts on 1st day
Uttarkashi: Vertical drilling of 19.2 metres was done on Sunday to create an alternative escape route for the 41 workers trapped inside the collapsed tunnel in Silkyara here for two weeks, an…
- Photos
In pics: Silkyara Tunnel Rescue Operation
Uttarkashi: Vertical drilling underway during the rescue operation to extract 41 workers trapped inside the under-construction Silkyara Bend-Barkot Tunnel, in Uttarkashi district, Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023. (PTI Photo/Arun Sharma) Uttarkashi: Vertical drilling…
- India
Efforts on to get broken parts of auger machine, vertical drilling begins: NDMA
New Delhi: The National Disaster Management Authority on Sunday said that work is on to retrieve broken parts of the auger machine and start manual digging while vertical drilling has also started to…
- India
Families of trapped workers anxious as tunnel rescue hits setback
Ormanjhi: In Khirabeda, the anxiety has now reached its peak as three people from this nondescript village on the outskirts of Ranchi are still stuck in the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand…
- India
Tunnel rescue: Rubble, Plasma cutters taken from Hyderabad to Uttarkashi
Dehradun: The rescue operation was halted on Saturday the 14th day to bring out 41 trapped workers from the Uttarakhand’s Silkyara tunnel after the blades of the auger machine blades got stuck…
- India
Uttarakhand tunnel: Option of manual drilling being considered
Uttarkashi: With the auger machine encountering hurdles in the rubble time and again, rescuers are considering switching over to manual drilling at the Silkyara tunnel where 41 labourers have been trapped for…
- India
Drilling at Silkyara tunnel on hold for another day, 41 trapped workers await rescue
Uttarkashi: Drilling at the collapsed Silkyara tunnel to evacuate 41 workers trapped inside for 12 days was yet resume Friday evening, a day after it was put on hold following a snag.…
- India
Uttarakhand tunnel: Mock drill to demonstrate extraction process held
Uttarkashi: The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel on Friday carried out a demonstration of the movement of wheeled stretchers through the pipeline inserted to extricate 41 workers trapped in a portion…
- Photos
In Pics: Silkyara Tunnel collapse
Uttarkashi: Security, SDRF and other personnel at the under-construction Silkyara tunnel as drilling through the rubble to prepare an escape route for the 41 trapped workers remains stalled, in Uttarkashi district, Friday…
