Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand): Efforts were underway on Sunday to build an access road at the top of the hill above Silkyara tunnel for initiating vertical drilling to reach 41 workers trapped for seven days, with authorities hopeful that a platform to drill the hole might be ready by this afternoon. Larger diameter pipes have also been […]
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Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: High-level meet explores options to rescue workers, assigns different agencies specific options
New Delhi: The Union government on Saturday held a high-level meeting to discuss various options to rescue the 41 workers trapped inside a partially collapsed tunnel at Silkyara in Uttarakhand, with different agencies assigned with specific alternatives to work on, sources said. Based on technical advice, five rescue options were explored at the meeting. ‘NHIDCL, […]
Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Vertical hole, new road planned to reach 41 workers trapped
Uttarkashi: With time running out, officials on Saturday began preparations to drill a vertical hole from the top of the hill under which 41 workers have been trapped inside a collapsed tunnel for seven days with limited food and communication. As the sun slipped behind the mountains and night fell on another day gone by, […]
Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Rescue operation on hold after snag in machine
Lucknow: Attempts to rescue 40 labourers who were trapped after the collapse of a portion of an under construction tunnel on the Yamunotri (origin of river Yamuna) National Highway in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district was halted after the machine being used for drilling developed snag on Friday evening. The labourers have been trapped in the tunnel […]
PMO team reaches Uttarkashi tunnel collapse site
A team from the Prime Minister’s Office reached the site of a tunnel collapse in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi on Saturday morning. Visuals showed PMO Deputy Secretary Mangesh Ghildiyal at the site. The operation to rescue labourers stuck in the partially-collapsed Silkyara tunnel is on hold since Friday when a US-made auger machine deployed to drill and […]
Toll collection begins on STRR’s first stretch; local cars can ply for Rs 330 a month Toll collection started on Friday for the first stretch of the Bengaluru Satellite Town Ring Road (STRR), which has Karnataka’s maiden boothless toll plaza at Nalluru near Devanahalli. The 288-km STRR is being constructed to link Bengaluru with neighbouring […]
Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) slated for inauguration in next couple of months
Mumbai: The iconic Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) – engineering marvel of sorts and the only cable-stayed bridge of its kind in India – is slated for inauguration in the next couple of months. The estimated cost of the MTHL is over Rs 17,000 crore. The MTHL, which passes over the Arabian Sea, would revolutionise […]
Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Rescue efforts continue on sixth day, foreign experts consulted
Lucknow: Attempts to rescue 40 labourers who were trapped after the collapse of a portion of an under construction tunnel on the Yamunotri (origin of river Yamuna) National Highway in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district continued for the sixth day on Friday. The officials monitoring the rescue work said that it it could take two-three days more […]
Bengaluru: Mosque Road overbridge opens for trial run after reconstruction
Bengaluru: The Mosque Road overbridge, razed last year for the Bengaluru Cantonment-Whitefield quadrupling project, has been reconstructed and is having a trial run since last week. Vehicles, including BMTC buses, have begun using the railway overbridge (ROB), easing traffic flow on Murugesh Mudaliar Road (MM Road). Following the demolition of the ROB, MM Road faced […]
Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Drilling to rescue trapped workers to resume soon, say officials
Uttarkashi: Drilling to create a passage for 40 workers trapped in an under-construction tunnel that collapsed four days back will resume soon with a new heavy machine, which was flown in from Delhi, officials said here. The ‘American auger’ machine was airlifted in parts by three IAF transport aircraft on Wednesday to replace the “failed” […]
Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Drilling to rescue trapped workers to resume soon, say officials
Uttarkashi: Drilling to create a passage for 40 workers trapped in an under-construction tunnel that collapsed four days back will resume soon with a new heavy machine, which was flown in from Delhi, officials said here. The ‘American auger’ machine was airlifted in parts by three IAF transport aircraft on Wednesday to replace the “failed” […]
Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: 21 metres drilled through rubble for labourers’ rescue
Uttarkashi: Working overnight with a powerful machine, rescue workers had by Friday morning drilled up to 21 metres through the rubble in Silkyara tunnel, inching closer to the 40 labourers trapped there for five days. The workers need to drill up to 60 metres to insert 800 mm and 900 mm diameter pipes – one […]