Former DG of Border Roads Organisation Harpal Singh announced that vertical drilling has been done up to 31 meters above the Silkyara-Barko...

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has said that efforts to evacuate 41 trapped workers inside the Silkyara tunnel are ongoing ...

The auger drill -- a corkscrew-like device with a rotary blade at the front end -- that was drilling into the debris got stuck Friday eveni...

Following the auger machine setback, the Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited on Sunday started vertical drilling. The rescuers have to drill do...

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in India is intensifying efforts to rescue 41 workers trapped in the Silkyara tunnel in U...

In Uttarakhand's Silkyara tunnel, 41 laborers trapped for 14 days prompted a multi-agency rescue mission. A plasma cutter from Hyderabad ai...

Vertical drilling may start in the "next 24 to 36 hours" as machines are being placed on a platform on top of the tunnel, he said. About 86...

The NDMA member further said a very difficult operation is going on. Two methods are being used currently, but a third method that is drift...

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...

"By any means", the trapped workers will be rescued as all resources are being used, said NDMA member Lt Gen (retd) Syed Ata Hasnain while ...

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

The minister said the workers are trapped in an area of the tunnel where they can move around. They have electricity, open space, food, wat...

Rescuers, including geologists, engineers, tunnelling experts and geotechnical experts, have been exploring various options to evacuate the...

According to a list of the trapped workers issued by the emergency operation centre, 15 are from Jharkhand, eight from Uttar Pradesh, five ...