Work resumes at Silkyara tunnel after 2 monthsConstruction work at the Silkyara tunnel, which was suspended after its partial collapse in November, has now resumed. Protective construct...
Rock classification of Silkyara-Barkot tunnel ranges from poor to very good: Nitin GadkariThe National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL) is constructing the tunnel through Hyderabad-based Navayuga E...
Uttarakhand Tunnel Collapse: Will take entire night for full evacuation, says NDMAThe workers were trapped since November 12, when the under-construction tunnel from Silkyara to Barkot got blocked due to debris falling in...
Tunnel collapse: "Rescue op will be completed by the end of day," says NDRF DG Atul KarwalThe Director General of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Atul Karwal, has announced that multi-agency rescue operations to free...
Uttarkashi Rescue Operation: BRO completes hilltop road to access Silkyara tunnel for vertical drillingLacchu Raut, a BRO worker told ANI, "Light machinery was moved up yesterday. The work of building a road on the hill above the tunnel is be...
Tunnel collapse: Former PMO advisor says trapped workers are in 'high spirits'Bhaskar Khulbe, former advisor to the Prime Minister's Office, visited the Silkyara Tunnel where 41 workers have been trapped for 11 days. ...
Uttarkashi collapse: What is the Silkyara tunnel for?The estimated construction period was four years, with cost estimated at Rs 1,119.69 crore. Total project cost is Rs 1,383.78 crore, includ...
Uttarkashi: Location for vertical drilling identified to evacuate 41 trapped labourersA location has been identified for vertical drilling to rescue 41 workers trapped in the Silkyara Tunnel, 11 days after its collapse during...
Tunnel collapse: Govt committed to rescue all trapped workers, says MoRTH SecretaryOver 40 workers got trapped after a portion of the tunnel under construction between Silkyara and Dandalgaon on the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri na...
"We are going to get them out," International Tunnelling expert Arnold Dix says after arriving at Uttarkashi tunnel collapse siteArnold Dix, President of the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association, arrived at the Uttarkashi site today and said they...
Another pilgrim on Yamunotri Dham dies of suspected heart attackEarlier, on Saturday, Kanak Singh (62), a resident of Kaushambha in Surat, Gujarat, died of a suspected heart attack while on his way to vi...
Mild earthquake hits UttarkashiBeing mild in intensity and occurring at a time when people are usually asleep, the quake was not felt by many, Uttarkashi Disaster Managem...
Encroachment in vital forest corridors in Terai hampering animal movementWith new tigers, some of them man-eaters, being sighted everyday in west UP, the debate around tiger corridors has gained more immediacy th...
Over 3,200 people airlifted as Army, IAF continue rescue workArmy and the IAF today continued their rescue operations in rain-ravaged Uttarakhand where more than 3,200 people were evacuated by defence...
- Gammon Infra bags Rs 778 cr contract from NHAI in Orissa
Gammon Infrastructure Projects today said it has bagged a Rs 778.15 crore project from NHAI for upgrading a section of NH-23 in Orissa.
- Tremors felt in parts of north India measuring 5 on Richter scale
An earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter scale shook parts of Punjab, Haryana and Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand in the wee hours today.
- Gammon Infrastructure lowest bidder in Rs 2000 cr road projects
The Mumbai based company said both the projects are on a built-own-operate-transfer basis and each is worth Rs 1000 cr.