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Uttarkashi tunnel rescue: Manual drilling to reach workers will start once
Updated : 17 min ago IST
Manual drilling will start soon to cut through the debris that separates rescuers from the 41 trapped workers in the collapsed portion of the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi, officials informed on Saturday.
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"No heavy objects present up to 5 metres": Experts on Uttarkashi rescue op
Updated : 10 hours, 45 min ago IST
Ground Penetrating Radar, also known as GPR, Georadar, Subsurface Interface Radar, or Geo-probing Radar, is a totally non-destructive technique to produce a cross-section profile of the subsurface without any drilling, trenching or ground disturbances.
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"Ground penetrating radar used to detect obstacles": NDMA on Uttarkashi tu
Updated : 12 hours ago IST
Addressing a press briefing in New Delhi, Syed Ata Hasnain said, "Using ground penetrating radar, it has been detected that there is no obstacle in the next 5 metres on our path. We continue to use this to detect obstacles, if any. There is hope that the movement of the augor is done and wil
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Uttarkashi rescue operation halted due to technical glitch
Updated : 12 hours, 26 min ago IST
The drilling by the American-made auger machine to rescue the trapped workers was halted after the rescue team faced a technical glitch.
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Uttarakhand CM Dhami takes stock of Uttarkashi rescue operation
Updated : 14 hours, 15 min ago IST
"The responsibility of saving the precious lives of 41 people trapped in the tunnel is on all of us. The people involved in the campaign will have to work day and night to make the mission successful with full efficiency, capacity, promptness and caution. There will be no shortage of resourc
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"Uttarkashi rescue operation in final stage": Uttarakhand CM Dhami
Updated : 16 hours, 16 min ago IST
"The rescue operation is in its last step. PM Modi is taking all the updates about the difficulties that workers might face and discussing the solutions. Both the central and state government's agencies are working together for the rescue operation. We hope that soon this operation will be c
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"Hope to push pipe further this time with no obstacle": Official on Uttark
Updated : 17 hours, 1 min ago IST
"The auger drilling machine has been reassembled. A new pipe will be put in after the welding, which will take two hours. After two hours, we will push the pipe inside the tunnel. We hope that we push the pipe further this time and will face no obstacles," Additional Secretary Ahmed said.
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Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Workers to be rescued by this evening, asserts
Updated : 18 hours, 22 min ago IST
As the ongoing operation to rescue 41 workers trapped in a collapsed portion of the Uttarkashi tunnel entered the 13th day, the director ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation), who is present at the site, asserted the labourers will be rescued by Friday.
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PM Modi dials Uttarakhand CM; inquires about condition of workers trapped
Updated : 18 hours, 36 min ago IST
According to government notice, PM Modi also inquired about the condition of the workers and gave some important instructions to CM Dhami.
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Uttarkashi Tunnel rescue: NDRF demonstrates movement of wheeled stretchers
Updated : 19 hours, 40 min ago IST
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel on Friday carried out a demonstration of the movement of wheeled stretchers through the pipeline inserted to extricate 41 workers trapped in a portion of the Silkyara tunnel of Uttarkashi, which collapsed over a week ago.
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Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Kin anxiously wait for return of workers as re
Updated : 20 hours, 56 min ago IST
Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand) [India], November 24 (ANI): As the Uttarkashi tunnel rescue operations reached its final stage on Friday, the kins of trapped labourers wish for the safe return of their loved ones.
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Uttarkashi Tunnel collapse: Welder's team entered damaged pipe; auger reas
Updated : 20 hours, 59 min ago IST
The platform on which the equipment was mounted had developed some cracks when the rescue operation was underway on Thursday, and the process of horizontal drilling through the debris had to be paused.
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