uttarkashi collapse tunnel

Kejriwal meets heroic rat miners who refuse payment from central government

NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal extended his gratitude on Friday to the rat miners whose heroic efforts played a pivotal role in rescuing 41 workers trapped in the Silkyara Bend Barkot Tunnel in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The rat miners, employed by the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), met the Chief Minister at his residence in […]

Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: ‘First one to escape’, Assamese father ecstatic after son returns

GUWAHATI: A father of a rescued worker heaved a sigh of relief as his son was rescued from the collapsed Silkyara Bend-Barkot tunnel in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi district.  “Last night, we got to know that all of them came out one by one, I saw that the first one to come out was my son,” said […]