In November 2023, 41 families & a nation prayed for men who were trapped for 17 days after an under-construction section collapsed. Some of them dared to return again to the mountains.
In report to road ministry, committee led by BRO ADG notes how tunnel design was changed, ventilation system modified to cut costs etc, and recommends penal action, no force majeure.
Only 9 of 41 workers rescued from collapsed Silkyara tunnel last November have returned to Uttarkashi. Rest are now farmers, shop owners or in pursuit of other sources of income.
Rat miners help lay underground sewers and gas & water pipelines in places where machines cannot go. In the construction ecosystem, they're at the bottom of the pyramid.
It was Siddhartha Shankar Ray who had first taken notice of an adolescent Mamata Banerjee during a youth congress rally. Ray stopped his car and got out to hear her speak.
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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