Page 27 - Badrinath News Today

Chennai, Nov 21 (PTI) Dr S S Badrinath, renowned vitreoretinal surgeon and founder of Sankara Nethralaya, which ensured affordable eyecare to millions of people, passed away at his residence due to old age, on Tuesday, a source at the hospital said. He was 83. The Chennai-born surgeon is survived by wife Dr Vasanthi Badrinath, a pediatrician, and two sons Ananth and Seshu.

Condoling the demise, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Dr. Badrinath’s “contributions to eyecare and his relentless service to society have left an indelible mark”.

As 41 workers remain trapped inside a collapsed tunnel in Uttarakhand since for over a week, the Centre said it has finalised a five-option action plan to rescue them.

Sources in the state government indicated a change of strategy, saying that drilling — so far done from the mouth of the tunnel and through the debris — would now be done from two fresh points, one vertically and the other perpendicular to the length of the tunnel

The rescue work is likely to take 4-5 days more as efforts to drill a horizontal hole using the American auger machine didn’t yield the desired results. The rescue work had to be stopped following a fresh collapse of a boulder yesterday.

Uttarkashi Tunnel Collapse: The rescue work is likely to take 4-5 days more as efforts to drill a horizontal hole using the American auger machine didn’t yield the desired results. The rescue work had to be stopped following a fresh collapse of a boulder yesterday.

Rescue teams in Uttarakhand are battling against time to evacuate 41 construction workers who have been trapped under debris for over 170 hours following a tunnel collapse.

Rescue teams in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi are battling against time to evacuate 40 construction workers who have been trapped under debris for over 120 hours following a tunnel collapse.

Rescue workers have drilled up to 25 metres through the rubble to reach the workers trapped inside a tunnel in Uttarakhand for over 120 hours.

Since Sunday, 40 workers have been trapped in a tunnel they were building in the Himalayan region.