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Manali Horror: Over 1,000 vehicles stuck, tourists spend 20 hours in freezing cold near Atal TunnelHeavy snowfall stranded thousands of tourists near Himachal Pradesh's Atal Tunnel, with over 1,000 vehicles stuck for nearly 20 hours. Resc...
All 31 workers rescued after Wilmington tunnel collapse, LAFD confirmsIn Wilmington, a major industrial tunnel collapse trapped 31 workers, prompting a large-scale rescue operation by the Los Angeles Fire Depa...
Telangana tunnel collapse: Robos to be deployed from Mar 11, cadaver dogs to go inside againEight persons remain trapped inside a partially collapsed tunnel in Telangana, prompting the government to deploy robots and cadaver dogs f...
Uttarakhand tunnel rescue hero's home demolished in Delhi; Declines DDA's temporary accommodation offerDelhi Development Authority (DDA) offered temporary accommodation to Wakeel Hassan, a hero of the Silkyara tunnel rescue operation, after h...
'It’s time for gratitude.' Anand Mahindra lauds successful rescue of 41 workers from Uttarkashi tunnel, Gautam Adani calls it 'victory of hope'The rescue operation involved rat-miners manually digging the final stretch, with the National Disaster Relief Force conducting evaluations...
After Uttarakhand tunnel rescue, Congress seeks thorough audit of all projects under implementationCongress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said while "we salute the rescued workers and applaud the entire rescue team", there should be a r...
Human labour triumphed over machinery, says global media on Uttarakhand tunnel rescueThe first workers were removed following a series of agonizing setbacks, during which rescue efforts were halted when the heavy machinery u...
Meet the masterminds and warriors of Uttarakhand tunnel rescue missionWhen fancy drilling machines couldn't make it through the rocks, the rescuers had to use an old-fashioned mining method called "rat-hole" d...
Uttarkashi tunnel rescue: Not just a difficult mission but a war for humanity, says chief of firm involved in operationEarlier, on Tuesday, the much-awaited breakthrough was achieved at 7.05 pm as all 41 trapped workers were brought out safely from the Silky...
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...
Tunnel collapse: Local residents praying to their deity for early rescue of trapped workersAmid persistent challenges hampering the Silkyara tunnel rescue operation, residents from nearby villages are turning to prayers in a colle...
Uttarkashi tunnel rescue: NDRF conducts evacuation rehearsal using wheeled stretchersA passage has been made using 800 mm diameter steel pipes through the rubble at the tunnel to rescue the workers who have been trapped insi...
Silkyara tunnel collapse: Top disaster management body to frame SOP on tunnel rescueWhen contacted, NDMA (member) Syed Ata Hasnain told ET, "NDMA ensures that it does a post-event analysis of all major incidents and challen...
First images of trapped tunnel workers: What did they eat, drink and do?Five agencies—ONGC, SJVNL, RVNL, NHIDCL, and THDCL—have been assigned specific responsibilities, working collaboratively with occasional ta...
Silkyara tunnel collapse: 6-inch-wide pipe reaches trapped labourers; rescuers say now will go with 'full force'The Director of National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation (NHIDCL), Anshu Manish Khulko, said that the 'alternative 6-in...
Uttarakhand tunnel rescue: IAF deploys C-17 to airlift critical equipment from Indore to Dehradun"The IAF has continued with its operations to assist the ongoing tunnel rescue underway at Dharasu, Uttarakhand. An IAF C-17 has been deplo...