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The 4.5 kilometre-long Silkyara tunnel project in Uttarakhand, which is part of the central governments strategic 900-km Char Dham Yatra All Weather Road, will continue after the necessary safety audit and repair of the broken structure, a senior road ministry official said on Wednesday.

More than a thousand landslides were reported over this year alone from the tunnel disaster site in Uttarakhand and fifty deaths occurred in them. In other words, huge constructions are uncontrollably...

The Char Dham project is been blamed for the Silkyara tunnel collapse near Barkot, which trapped 41 workers under the debris for seventeen days

You can be a case study for universities on how to lead people in a crisis, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Gabbar Singh Negi, a tunnel foreman, wh

There could be several possible reasons for the collapse like geological investigation, under-designed ground support systems, mistakes during construction, poor data monitoring and mitigation measures during construction or poor supervision control: Project head of Zojila Tunnel

The 4.5 kilometres long Silkyara tunnel project in Uttarakhand will continue after the necessary safety audit and repair of the broken structure

The Silkyara tunnel project in Uttarakhand, a part of the 900-km Char Dham Yatra All Weather Road, will continue after a safety audit and repair of the collapsed structure, according to a senior road ministry official. The tunnel is a crucial element of the Rs 12,000-crore project aiming to provide all-weather connectivity to four holy towns in Uttarakhand.

The workers were kept under medical observation at a hospital in Chinyalisaur after their evacuation on November 28 night. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami met them and handed over a cheque of Rs 1 lakh to each of them.

The government of India is planning to overhaul standard operating procedures (SOPs) and rewrite contracts for tunnel construction to prevent incidents like the Silkyara tunnel collapse. The proposed changes will also focus on tightening safety regulations for construction workers.

The Silkayra tunnel project, which is part of the central government's strategic 900-km 'Char Dham Yatra All Weather Road', will continue after the necessary safety audit and repair of the broken portion, a senior road ministry official said