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Once the drilling is complete, the labourers will have to crawl to safety through the 800-mm diameter steel pipes welded together

Officials maintained that digging horizontally through the debris of the collapsed section of the Silkyara tunnel remains the focus of the rescue mission | Latest News India

In a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, on Sunday, said that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was busy campaigning for the elections when he should be focusing on the safe rescue of eight labourers from Uttar Pradesh who are trapped inside the

New Delhi/IBNS: The rescue operation to evacuate 41 trapped workers from the Uttarakhand tunnel collapse is expected to be completed by Wednesday night with only 12 metres of rock and debris left to be cleared off, media reports said.

The first visuals of the 41 workers trapped inside silkyara tunnel emerged tuesday, raising hopes of families anxiously awaiting their evacuation as a multi-pronged rescue effort entered its 10th day. the visuals were captured using an endoscopic camera sent in through a six-inch pipeline, which was pushed on monday through the rubble of the collapsed portion of tunnel on uttarakhand’s char dham route. in a video released by the rescue agencies, the workers wearing yellow and white helmets, ar...

NHIDCL officials supervising the rescue operations on the spot had on Tuesday said the auger machine will be put back into operation after the 800-mm diameter steel pipes are pushed through the 900-mm diameter steel pipes already laid through the rubble using the telescopic method.

Rescuers on Tuesday packed solid food items such as veg pulao and matar paneer for the workers trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel. The cooked meal was sent to trapped workers through the 6-inch-wide alternative lifeline pipe that was laid on Monday evening.

Despite working on a government project, the labourers lack formal employment contracts, benefits like accident insurance, even safety training.

Activists suggest unsuitable construction methods may be the root cause of the disaster, noting that the use of dynamite and large drills in the sensitive Himalayan terrain causes landslides and tunnel collapses.

Activists suggest unsuitable construction methods may be the root cause of the disaster, noting that the use of dynamite and large drills in the sensitive Himalayan terrain causes landslides and tunnel collapses