Tunnel collapse
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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…
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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…
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Timeline: 12 days since Uttarakhand tunnel collapse, rescue ops put on hold again
Dehradun: As the rescue operations to evacuate 41 workers trapped in Uttarakhand’s Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi district entered the twelfth day on Thursday, it faced a fresh hurdle. Drilling had to be…
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Setback at Silkyara tunnel, drilling to rescue trapped workers put on hold again
Uttarkashi: Drilling through the rubble of the collapsed Silkyara tunnel was put on hold again Thursday after the platform on which the equipment is mounted developed some cracks, in yet another setback…
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Workers may be rescued in few hours or by tomorrow from Silkyara tunnel: NDMA
New Delhi: 41 workers trapped in Uttarakhand’s Silkyara tunnel for the last 11 days are likely to be rescued in the next few hours or by tomorrow, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)…
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Uttarakhand tunnel rescue operations enter final stretch; iron hurdle removed
Uttarkashi: Rescue operations to evacuate 41 workers trapped in Uttarakhand’s Silkyara tunnel entered the final stretch early Thursday after a late-night hitch when the machine drilling the escape passage through the rubble…
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41 bed-hospital readied in Uttarkashi for labourers trapped in tunnel
Uttarkashi: A 41-bed hospital was readied on Wednesday at the Community Health Centre in Chinyalisaur in this district for the care of 41 trapped labourers after they are evacuated from the Silkyara…
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Silkyara tunnel collapse: PM dials up Uttarakhand CM Dhami, enquires about rescue ops
New Delhi: Amid ongoing efforts to rescue 41 trapped workers from Uttarakhand’s Silkyara tunnel, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday once again spoke to Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami over the phone…
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Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Location for vertical drilling identified
Uttarkashi: 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. As per the Director of National Highways…
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Silkyara Tunnel collapse: Trapped workers get veg pulao, matar-paneer for dinner
Uttarkashi: Labourers trapped in Silkyara tunnel were supplied veg pulao, matar-paneer, and chapatis slapped with butter for dinner Tuesday night through a food pipe stuck through the collapsed part of the structure.…
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Uttarkashi tunnel rescue enters day 10; new pipeline makes communication easier
Uttarkashi: Tuesday morning brought some relief for family members of the 41 workers trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel for nine days here as the newly inserted six-inch pipeline made communicating with them…
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Video: Workers trapped inside collapsed Uttarakhand tunnel
Uttarkashi: Rescuers on Tuesday released the first video of the workers trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel here for 10 days. The visuals were captured using an endoscopic camera sent in through the…
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Uttarakhand govt to bear travel expenses of relatives of trapped workers
Dehradun:The Uttarakhand government will bear the travel, food and lodging expenses of relatives of the 41 workers trapped at the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi district for over a week. Assuring the families…
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Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Govt has undertaken 5-option plan to rescue trapped workers
New Delhi: The government has undertaken a five-option action plan to rescue 41 workers trapped at Silkyara Tunnel in Uttarkashi, since November 12, Road, Transport and Highways Secretary Anurag Jain said on…
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Multivitamins, antidepressants, dry fruits to trapped Uttarkashi tunnel workers
New Delhi: The government is sending multivitamins, antidepressants and dry fruits to 41 workers trapped for the past seven days in an under-construction tunnel that collapsed in the Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand, Road,…
