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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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Silkyara Tunnel collapse: Rescue op underway
Uttarkashi: A rescuer at the site after rescue operations to evacuate the 41 workers trapped in the under-construction tunnel between Silkyara and Dandalgaon on the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri national highway entered final stretch, in…
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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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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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Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Food & mobile aid sent to trapped workers
Uttarkashi: On the ninth day of rescue operations at the Silkyara tunnel collapse site here, rescuers on Monday achieved a ‘breakthrough’ by pushing a six-inch-wide pipeline through the rubble of the collapsed…
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Drilling remains suspended at Silkyara tunnel for yet another day
Uttarkashi: Drilling to prepare an escape passage for 41 workers – trapped at Silkyara tunnel collapse site for a week now – remained suspended on Sunday, while Union Minister Nitin Gadkari who…
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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,…
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Day 7: New road planned to free trapped Uttarkashi workers
Uttarkashi: With time running out, officials on Saturday began preparations to drill a vertical hole from the top of the hill under which 41 workers have been trapped inside a collapsed tunnel…
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Silkyara Tunnel collapse: 21 metres drilled through rubble for labourers’ rescue
Uttarkashi: Working overnight with a powerful machine, rescue workers had by Friday morning drilled up to 21 metres through the rubble in Silkyara tunnel, inching closer to the 40 labourers trapped there…
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Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: All trapped workers safe
Uttarkashi: All 40 workers trapped after an under-construction tunnel collapsed in Uttarkashi are safe and communication has been established with them, officials said on Monday as Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami reached the…
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Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Communication established with trapped workers
Uttarkashi: Rescuers who worked overnight to rescue around 40 workers trapped after an under-construction tunnel on the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri National Highway collapsed here have established contact with them and provided them with food…
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‘I never stated love jihad’, reveals complainant on Uttarkashi minor abduction case
On May 26, locals of Purola town in Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand, foiled a bid to kidnap a minor girl by two men – a Hindu and a Muslim. The minor’s uncle, a…