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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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"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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Union Minister VK Singh reaches Uttarkashi tunnel site to inspect rescue o
Updated : 23 hours, 39 min ago IST
Union Minister of State for Road Transport & Highways, General (retd) VK Singh, reached the Silkyara tunnel site on Friday to take stock of the ongoing efforts to rescue 41 trapped workers.
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Uttarkashi tunnel rescue ops: Platform for auger machine stabilised, drill
Updated : 1 day ago IST
"The problem encountered in the platform on which the American auger machine was mounted has been fixed and now the machine is running smoothly on the platform," a top official told ANI.
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"No metallic obstruction in next 5 metres; rescue op at Silkyara tunnel to
Updated : 1 day ago IST
Talking to ANI here on Friday morning, Khulbe said that the platform on which the Augur drilling machine developed some cracks yesterday has been revamped now.
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Uttarkashi tunnel incident: Drone cameras are being used for monitoring
Updated : 1 day, 2 hours ago IST
The workers have been trapped for 13 days after a portion of the under-construction tunnel collapsed on November 12.
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"Proper reasoning, explanation into Uttarkashi tunnel collapse must be asc
Updated : 1 day, 14 hours ago IST
"We need to rescue our people and then draw lessons as to why such a collapse takes place and what preventive measures or steps must be taken or planned. We must also look into how it could have happened and how it could have been prevented. All such questions need to be addressed in the com
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