UTTARKASHI,NOV 29: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday called for striking a balance between ecology and economy, saying his government had decided to review all such projects after the collapse of the Silkyara tunnel. In an interview with PTI, he said his Diwali came on Tuesday with the successful evacuation of 41 workers […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,NOV 29 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi was closely monitoring the entire evacuation process when the Uttarkashi tunnel workers were rescued late night on Tuesday. According to sources, the Prime Minister was watching the entire process live on television. The entire cabinet, along with the PM, witnessed the rescue operation live. The Prime Minister […]Continue Reading
UTTARKASHI,NOV 23: The last pipe to prepare the escape passage for the trapped workers was being pushed in through the rubble, an electrician working at the site said on Thursday morning. All arrangements have been made to provide immediate medical care to the 41 trapped workers after they are evacuated, officials said. A 41-bed separate […]Continue Reading
Uttarkashi, Nov 22 : Rescue operations have entered a critical phase as efforts to save 41 workers trapped in the Silkyara tunnel collapse in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi continue into the eleventh day. Drilling work resumed late on Tuesday after a pause since November 17, and made significant headway. Rescue agencies have managed to successfully drill 39 […]Continue Reading
UTTARKASHI,NOV 21: 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 alternative 6-inch food pipeline which was pushed through the rubble of the collapsed tunnel on Monday. In the video, the workers, wearing […]Continue Reading
DEHRADUN,NOV 20 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday spoke to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami over phone to take stock of the rescue operations being carried out at the Silkyara tunnel to evacuate 41 workers trapped for over a week. Necessary rescue equipment and resources, he said, are being provided by the Centre […]Continue Reading
Uttarkashi,Nov 19: It has been over a week but there is no word yet on the fate of the 40-plus workers trapped in the Uttarkashi tunnel. With a horizontal rescue shaft into the rubble of an under-construction tunnel in Uttarkashi getting stuck due to drilling equipment failure by more than a day, officials scampered to […]Continue Reading
Uttarakhand, Nov 16: Uttarakhand Rescue operations to evacuate the 40 workers trapped in an under-construction tunnel in Silkyara in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi resumed for the fifth day as an auger drilling machine began to operate to expedite the process of digging through the debris and rescuing the people. The rescuers were also monitoring the mental health […]Continue Reading
UTTARKASHI,NOV 15: Eforts to rescue the 40 workers trapped inside a tunnel in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district continued on Wednesday. As the rescue operation entered its fourth day on Wednesday, workers staged a protest at the site of the accident where the relief and rescue operation was underway. The workers demanded immediate evacuation of their fellow […]Continue Reading
UTTARKASHI,NOV 12: A portion of a tunnel under construction between Silkyara and Dandalgaon on the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri national highway in Uttarkashi district collapsed in the early hours of Sunday, trapping around 40 workers inside, police said. They said the incident occurred around 4 am when a 150-metre-long portion of the four-and-a-half-kilometer-long tunnel Continue Reading
