NEW DELHI: The preliminary probe report on the recent Silkyara tunnel collapse in Uttarkashi has found multiple reasons for the accident, including wrong alignment of the project with it being along the ‘shear zone‘ and the contractor carrying out ‘re-profiling’ work without taking adequate safeguards despite knowing vulnerabilities of the stretch going by past records … Read more
Some of the workers said they ‘never lost hope’. A worker named Saba Ahmed from Bihar said that though they were stuck in the tunnel for days, they did not feel any fear or nervousness. These evacuated workers, who are undergoing treatment at a nearby hospital, are now looking forward to meeting their anxious families. … Read more
All the workers have been evacuated 16 days after the mission started. (ANI Image) Uttarkashi Tunnel Rescue: The operation to rescue 41 workers trapped inside the Silkyara under-construction tunnel in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi has ended with all the workers being evacuated 16 days after the mission started. On the occasion PM Narendra Modi posted on X: … Read more
DEHRADUN: The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) are preparing for a high-stakes rescue mission to evacuate 41 workers from the confines of Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi. With meticulous rehearsals, the rescue teams are preparing to deploy specially fitted wheeled stretchers to navigate a 57-60 meters long escape passage constructed … Read more
DEHRADUN/SILKYARA: After swinging between hope and despair for over 11 days, the 41 workers trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel were close to being rescued late on Wednesday after the multi-agency rescue operation, which had been focusing on the strategy of horizontal drilling since past two days, succeeded in breaching a significant portion of the debris … Read more
UTTARKASHI: Efforts to rescue the 41 workers trapped at the Silkyara tunnel collapse site continue at fever pace. The workers have been trapped for close to 216 hours since November 12.Today International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association president Arnold Dix arrived at the location sitein Silkyara, Uttarkashi to aid in the rescue efforts.Professor Arnold Dix … Read more