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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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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: Landslide, technical issues in drilling machine affect rescue operations
Uttarkashi: Operations to rescue 40 labourers trapped in a tunnel have been hampered after a landslide at the site and technical problems with a drilling machine being used to create an escape…
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Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Hole to be drilled into rubble to rescue trapped workers
Uttarkashi: Rescuers at the under-construction tunnel collapse site here Tuesday initiated the process of inserting large-diameter mild steel pipes through the rubble using an auger machine to rescue the 40 workers trapped…
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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…
