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TopicUttarakhand tunnel collapse

Topic: Uttarakhand tunnel collapse

Vertical drilling begins in Uttarkashi tunnel to rescue trapped workers. ‘Big risk,’ say geologists

Vertical drilling expected to be completed in 2 days. Horizontal drilling by auger machine stopped after it broke down. Plasma machine from Hyderabad removing parts from rubble.

Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Rescue halted due to auger machine breakdown, focus shifts to vertical route

Rescue operations stopped Thursday after teams encountered problems in digging a horizontal path to trapped men, even though they had just 15 more metres of debris to push through.

Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Rescuers consider manual drilling as auger machine encounters hurdles

Drilling work to rescue the trapped men was halted again Friday night, in yet another setback to the multi-agency effort. Auger machine apparently hit a metal object.

‘No obstacle in next 5 metres,’ say Uttarakhand tunnel rescuers. Work on last leg but no time frame yet

Plans to bring out trapped workers sooner were dashed Thursday night after drilling machine platform developed cracks.

Men inside collapsed Uttarkashi tunnel could be rescued by tonight ‘if there are no major obstacles’

The complex operation to rescue 41 trapped men, which has hit several snags, picked up in the last few days after the heavy drilling machine proved most successful.

Rescue ops at collapsed Uttarkashi tunnel in final stages, last pipe being pushed in through rubble

A 41-bed ward at the community health centre has been readied for the workers trapped, and ambulances are waiting outside the tunnel to rush them there.

Govt orders safety audit of all under-construction NH tunnels as Uttarakhand rescue ops near end

The 4.5-kilometre Silkyara-Barkot tunnel in Uttarkashi, which was under construction on a national highway, collapsed in the early hours of 12 November.

‘More than half debris cleared’, as attempts continue to rescue 41 trapped inside Uttarkashi tunnel

Former advisor to PMO, Bhaskar Khulbe, surveyed rescue operations Wednesday & said workers trapped inside partially collapsed Silkyara Tunnel were in 'high spirits', rescuers also 'positive'.

After blocked pipe prevented khichdi from reaching Uttarkashi tunnel workers, hot meals on the way

ThePrint saw bottles packed with khichdi — meant to be sent to the workers Monday — being emptied and cleaned near collapse site. The snag was later officially confirmed.

‘Ummeed jagi hai’: Pipeline offers first glimpse at 41 trapped workers since Uttarkashi tunnel collapse

The first audio-visual contact was established Tuesday after a camera was pushed in through a 6-inch pipe; the workers received hot khichdi in bottles through this ‘lifeline’ as well.

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