The auger machine was facing repeated obstructions in the rubble in the past few days.

"Prime Minister Narendra Modi is very sensitive towards the workers trapped in Silkyara, Uttarkashi Tunnel. Prime Minister is taking detail...

Officials are exploring the option of vertical drilling too as the heavy-duty auger machine that was used in the horizontal drilling throug...

The Chief Minister informed reporters about the current obstacle in the ongoing rescue operation for 41 workers who have been trapped in th...

The communication between the trapped workers and their relatives is facilitated by a communication system set up through a six-inch wide p...

The Director General of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Atul Karwal, has announced that multi-agency rescue operations to free...

NHIDCL MD Mahmood Ahmad told reporters that the stretch between 40 metre and 50 metre is "the most crucial". "If we don't face any hurdle a...

The PMO is coordinating the movement of these heavy machinery and has been in touch with officials from state and central agencies. Princip...

41 workers trapped in the Silkyara tunnel may soon see a way out as drilling with the American auger machine resumed. Steel pipes have reac...

After 264 hours of intensive rescue efforts following the tunnel collapse in Slikyara, Uttarkashi, where 41 workers were trapped, officials...

The government is sending multivitamins, antidepressants and dry fruits to 41 workers trapped for the past seven days in an under-construct...

Union minister Nitin Gadkari, who visited the Uttarkashi tunnel collapse site on Sunday, said he expects the rescuers will be able to reach...

As the hours tick by, the desperation of families waiting outside is mounting. That rescue operations have been suspended since Friday when...

"We have reached 24 metres inside which is a good situation. We are trying to reach the other end as soon as possible...We are airlifting a...

The plan is to insert 800 mm- and 900 mm diameter pipes – one after the other -- with the help of the giant drill till an escape passage is...

The plan is to push through both 800- and 900-millimetre diameter sections of mild steel pipes -- one after the other -- into the rubble us...

Over a hundred rescuers in northern India are working to save 40 workers trapped underground after a road tunnel they were building collaps...