Uttarakhand tunnel rescue: Rescuers within five metres of reaching 41 trapped workersRescuers have also started to create a vertical channel with a newly replaced drilling machine, officials said. They drilled horizontally f...
28 Nov, 2023, 11.35 AM IST
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...
28 Nov, 2023, 11.35 AM IST
"Expecting vertical drilling work in Uttarkashi tunnel to be completed by Nov 30": NHIDCLNational Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) Managing Director Mahmood Ahmad announced that the vertical d...
27 Nov, 2023, 05.19 PM IST
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...
27 Nov, 2023, 02.43 PM IST
Uttarakhand tunnel rescue: Vertical drilling done up to 31 metres, says BRO's ex-DG at Silkyara siteFormer DG of Border Roads Organisation Harpal Singh announced that vertical drilling has been done up to 31 meters above the Silkyara-Barko...
27 Nov, 2023, 01.10 PM IST
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...
27 Nov, 2023, 12.28 PM IST
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...
27 Nov, 2023, 12.03 AM IST
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...
26 Nov, 2023, 05.16 PM IST
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...
25 Nov, 2023, 11.37 PM IST
Rescue operation to take time to bring out workers trapped in Silkyara tunnel: NDMAThe NDMA member further said a very difficult operation is going on. Two methods are being used currently, but a third method that is drift...
25 Nov, 2023, 07.34 PM IST
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.
25 Nov, 2023, 05.25 PM IST
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 ...
25 Nov, 2023, 04.59 PM IST
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...
25 Nov, 2023, 04.57 PM IST
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...
25 Nov, 2023, 04.20 PM IST
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. ...
22 Nov, 2023, 01.08 PM IST
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...
22 Nov, 2023, 11.58 AM IST
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...
20 Nov, 2023, 02.01 PM IST