INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
UTTARKASHI/ DEHRADUN: The endoscopic camera that was being pushed through the newly drilled six-inch pipeline in the collapsed tunnel in
As one of the trapped workers tugged at the camera from within the tunnel and came in front of it, a cry went out from a group of anxious
National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), has been devised to send hot food to the workers.National Highways and Infrastructure Development
Corporation Limited (NHIDCL), which is overseeing the entire rescue operation that has seen several setbacks the past week, expressed
lifeline pipe reaches to trapped workersOn the main front, the American auger machine, which broke down on November 16, has resumed
The machine required for it arrived on Tuesday and installation is currently underway
NHIDCL, the state-run company in charge of the 4.5km-long Silkyara-Barkot tunnel project, said additional heavy machines are being mobilised
from Gujarat and Odisha.Simultaneously, Tehri Hydro Development Corporation (THDC) has initiated the drilling of another rescue tunnel,
spanning 480 metres from the Barkot end
Utilsing the drill and blast method, THDC has successfully excavated a 6.5-metre-long drift.Amid the ongoing efforts, Arnold Dix, president
of the Geneva-based International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association, who is there at the Silkyara site to lend his expertise,
