uttarkashi tunnel rescue

Uttarkashi tunnel rescue: 41 workers rescued, taken to AIIMS Rishikesh

UTTARKASHI: Following 17 days of the workers being trapped inside the Silkyara Bend-Barkot tunnel at Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand, they were taken to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Rishikesh for further medical inspection, on Wednesday.    The AIIMS in the holy town saw a heavy influx of workers who were airlifted […]

Uttarakhand tunnel rescue: Diwali returns to Ginjas village, as rescued worker Deepak returns

MUZAFFARPUR: As news reached of Deepak’s rescue from the collapsed Silkyara Bend-Barkot Tunnel in Uttarakhand after 17 days of agony, his hometown of Ginjas village erupted in joy with celebrations akin to Diwali enveloping it entirely.   Deepak, an employee of Navayuga Limited, found himself among the 41 workers trapped inside the Uttarkashi tunnel since […]

Rat-hole mining: A banned hazardous practice saves 41 lives

NEW DELHI: On Tuesday, rescue teams successfully drilled through the 60-metre expanse of debris in the collapsed Silkyara tunnel. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) members accessed the steel chute, which was inserted into the drilled passage in the preceding days, to systematically bring out the trapped workers individually. After a challenging 17 ordeal, pipes […]

In pictures: 41 trapped Uttarkashi tunnel workers still stuck inside, rescue ops continue

UTTARKASHI: As 41 workers remain trapped inside the collapsed Silkyara Bend-Barkot Tunnel at Uttarkashi in Uttarakhand, The New Indian team went on the ground to document the struggle of the rescue teams from the National Disaster Relief Forces and the other groups involved.  Presently, the workers have been stuck inside for the past 16 days […]