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Why Delhi practised war-like air raid sirens, blackouts & evacuations across 17 locations. Here’s what the drill was aboutEast Delhi conducted a two-day civil defence exercise across 17 locations, simulating air raids, blackouts, and evacuations to test emergen...
Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: All 41 workers trapped inside the tunnel rescued after 17 days in darknessAll 41 workers trapped in Uttarakhand's Silkyara tunnel since November 12 were successfully rescued in a challenging operation involving ma...
Uttarkashi Tunnel Crash: Around 52 metre pipe inserted; hope for breakthrough soon, says CM Dhami“Around 52 meters of pipes have been inserted. Efforts are on to push remaining pipes. We hope to get a breakthrough soon,” Chief Minister ...
Indian Army's engineer regiment called in for manual drilling at Uttarkashi's Silkayara tunnelThe Indian Army has been called in at Uttarkashi's Silkyara tunnel for manual drilling at the site where 41 workers have remained trapped f...
Uttarakhand tunnel rescue: Robots to check on mental well-being of trapped workers"I am here for the mental well-being of the 41 workers stuck in the Silkyara tunnel. This is a homegrown indigenous technology. Now the rob...
Manual horizontal digging begins at Silkyara tunnelRescue operations at the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi involve both vertical drilling by SJVNL and manual horizontal digging. SJVNL has dri...
"Manual drilling inside Uttarkashi Tunnel about to start anytime soon": OfficialsEarlier today, a delegation led by Principal Secretary to Prime Minister, Pramod Kumar Mishra took stock of ongoing efforts to rescue 41 tr...
No more GPR survey at Uttarakhand rescue site, team sent back to DelhiThe Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) survey team was sent back to Delhi after manual drilling began in Uttarkashi. The team found no heavy ob...
Uttarakhand tunnel rescue: Former Army Engineer-in-Chief vouches for manual method to reach trapped labourers"There is no other way left except the manual method and this is also the safe one through which we can reach the labourers. In the current...
"Everyone has been trying, hope that work is completed at earliest": U'khand CM on rescue op at Silkyara tunnelUttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has said that efforts to evacuate 41 trapped workers inside the Silkyara tunnel are ongoing ...
Silkyara Tunnel collapse: Parts of auger machine removed from rubbleThe auger drill -- a corkscrew-like device with a rotary blade at the front end -- that was drilling into the debris got stuck Friday eveni...
Rescuers now begin vertical drilling at Silkyara tunnelFollowing the auger machine setback, the Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited on Sunday started vertical drilling. The rescuers have to drill do...
Efforts on to retrieve broken parts of auger machine, vertical drilling starts at Silkyara tunnel: NDMAThe National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in India is intensifying efforts to rescue 41 workers trapped in the Silkyara tunnel in U...
Silkyara Tunnel collapse: Plasma cutter flown in to remove auger blades from rubbleIn Uttarakhand's Silkyara tunnel, 41 laborers trapped for 14 days prompted a multi-agency rescue mission. A plasma cutter from Hyderabad ai...
Silkyara Tunnel Crash: Auger machine fails again; experts stop providing rescue deadlineVertical 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...
Auger machine broken; options of vertical, manual drilling being considered: Tunnel expert Arnold DixThe auger machine was facing repeated obstructions in the rubble in the past few days.
Tunnel collapse: Options of manual drilling, creating vertical escape route being consideredWith one hurdle or the other not letting the auger machine drill further and lay steel pipes through the rubble to prepare an escape route ...
Uttarakhand CM Dhami inspects tunnel site; Arnold Dix sheds hope amid delay in rescue of trapped workers"Prime Minister Narendra Modi is very sensitive towards the workers trapped in Silkyara, Uttarkashi Tunnel. Prime Minister is taking detail...
Uttarkashi tunnel rescue: BRO personnel to quickly transport machines for vertical drilling to hill topOfficials are exploring the option of vertical drilling too as the heavy-duty auger machine that was used in the horizontal drilling throug...
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