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There is a need to ensure that all infrastructure development conforms to the best available standards of disaster safety. This can perhaps help bring about a balance between the demand for development for tourism, hydroelectric projects etc. on one side, and disaster risk on the other
CHINYALISAUR, India — Hope that they would be rescued soon kept workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel in India strong through their 17-day ordeal, some of the men said on Wednesday (Nov 29) after their rescue. All 41 men, low-wage workers from some of India's poorest states, were rescued. They were taken to a specialist hospital in Rishikesh city after...
Another labourer said his mother wants him to quit the tunnelling job. 'We work in such conditions, it is dangerous,' he said
"We had lost all hope of our family members getting rescued safely, but God had some other plans for us," said Triveni Bediya, the uncle of one of the 41 workers trapped in the under-construction Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand's ...
The workers -- masons, foremen, machine operators and electricians -- are lodged in porta cabins set up around 200 meters from the tunnel in Silkyara. At least four to five workers stay in one cabin. "The expenses for food are provided by our company," an Assamese worker said. The officer and administrative employees live in the guest houses and homestays near the tunnel site, another worker said.