Rat miners and other rescue team personnel dewatering the areas where anomaly was identified by the NGRI GPR unit inside the collapsed SLBC tunnel | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Rescue teams are now scouting the areas zeroed in on by the NGRI’s Ground Probing Radar, which have found an anomaly on the surface inside the … Read more
Chang-Nyun Kim, Consul General of the Republic of Korea in Chennai, and other dignitaries at the film festival held in Chennai. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement A three-day Korean film festival, organised by the Indo Cine Appreciation Foundation (ICAF), got under way at the Tagore Film Centre here started on Friday, July 19. On Sunday, … Read more
The ambitious Anakkampoyil-Kalladi-Meppadi twin tunnel road project connecting Kozhikode with Wayanad has run into rough weather with the State Expert Appraisal Committee warning that the project could escalate human-wildlife conflicts. The expert panel has expressed concern over the four-lane proposal when it was evaluating the application for environmental clearance. “The committee noted that there is … Read more
Bihar Minister of Labour Resources Surendra Ram felicitates the rescued workers of Uttarakhand’s Silkyara Tunnel upon their arrival at Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport, in Patna, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Patna airport was in a celebration mood when five construction workers trapped in the Silkyara-Barkot tunnel for 17 days in Uttarkashi … Read more
As the country heaved a sigh of relief after the rescue of the workers trapped in the Uttarakhand tunnel, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin said he is relieved to learn of the successful evacuation of all the 41 workers who were trapped for 17 days. “Heartfelt gratitude to the brave rescue teams and rat-hole miners for … Read more
Rescue operation is underway in the Silkyara Tunnel where 41 workers are trapped inside after a portion of it collapsed, in Uttarkashi. | Photo Credit: ANI Rescuers at Silkyara tunnel have crossed the 50-metre mark and they need to dig through around 10 metres of rubble using rat-hole mining technique to bring out the 41 … Read more
“This is Uttarakhand govt’s indolence and negligence,” Congress leader Yashpal Arya on Uttarkashi Tunnel rescue ops Uttarakhand Congress leader Yashpal Arya on Sunday lashed out at the Uttarakhand-led government over the ongoing Silkyara tunnel collapse rescue and said that the incident reveals the government’s “indolence and negligence.” Arya, the Leader of the Opposition in the … Read more
Rescue workers at Uttarkashi Tunnel collapse in Uttarakhand on November 17, 2023. | Photo Credit: SHASHI SHEKHAR KASHYAP As relatives of 40 workers trapped in the Silkyara tunnel wait for them to come out, a relative of a worker trapped inside the tunnel said that despite assurances nothing seemed to be happening. Deepak Kumar (23), … Read more
A fresh landslide on Tuesday hampered efforts to insert steel pipes through the rubble of the collapsed tunnel here to bring out the 40 labourers trapped under the debris for two days. The falling debris injured two rescue workers, who were sent to the makeshift hospital established on the site. Drilling to insert the pipes … Read more
Seen in picture are the members of rescue teams during a rescue operation after a portion of an under-construction tunnel collapsed in Uttarkashi in the northern State of Uttarakhand, on November 13. | Photo Credit: Reuters “Rescuers at the under-construction tunnel collapse site in Uttarkashi, on November 14, initiated the process of inserting large-diametre mild … Read more