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Uttarakhand Tunnel Crash News Live Updates: Rescue teams start horizontal drilling from entrance of Uttarakhand tunnel

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Nov 21, 2023, 20:26:30 IST

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Uttarakhand Tunnel Crash News Live Updates: Rescue teams start horizontal drilling from entrance of Uttarakhand tunnel

The rescue team has started horizontal drilling from entrance of the collapsed tunnel in Uttarakhand. For the first time in the last 10 days, visuals of the workers trapped inside the collapsed tunnel in Uttarakhand's Silkyara surfaced on Tuesday morning. In a significant development, the rescue teams managed to successfully create an additional supply line on Monday by inserting a six-inch diameter pipe through the debris to the other side. After over 9 days, the workers were able to have their first hot meal of khichdi, which was sent to them packed in bottles. They were also sent packets of dry fruit and some fresh oranges. Meanwhile, the Uttarakhand High Court, comprising Acting Chief Justice Manoj Tiwari and Justice Pankaj Purohit, on Monday ordered the Centre and the state government to reply within 48 hours regarding the measures taken to rescue the 41 workers stranded in the Silkyara tunnel. Stay with TOI for all updates:

08:19 (IST) Nov 21

Endoscopic camera gets first visuals of trapped workers in 10 days

08:19 (IST) Nov 21

3-way drilling to rescue workers

08:18 (IST) Nov 21

Uttarakhand HC seeks response from Centre, state govt

In response to a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by the Dehradun-based NGO Samadhan, a division bench of the Uttarakhand high court comprising Acting Chief Justice Manoj Tiwari and Justice Pankaj Purohit, on Monday ordered the Centre and the state government to reply within 48 hours as to what measures have been taken to rescue the 41 workers stranded in Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi for nine days.

08:18 (IST) Nov 21

We have achieved our first breakthrough. The 53m-long pipe is a veritable lifeline. We were trying to do this for the last nine days. This will enable us to send nutritious and larger quantities of food and other essentials like medicines in. We’ll also be able to improve ventilation. A micrscopic camera will be sent tostudy their condition.

NHIDCL director Anshu Manish Khalkho

08:17 (IST) Nov 21

The workers, after over 9 days, were able to have their first hot meal of khichdi, which was sent to them, packed in bottles on Monday night. They were also sent packets of dry fruit and some fresh oranges.

08:17 (IST) Nov 21

6 inch pipe drilled to carry food for trapped workers

Stuck inside the collapsed tunnel in Silkyara, Uttarkashi, for over 200 hours now, there was -- after what must seemed an eternity -- some good news for the 41 tired, scared workers trapped in. Rescue teams on Monday, in what is being seen as a significant “breakthrough”, managed to successfully create an additional supply line by inserting a six-inch diameter pipe through the debris to the other side.

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23:13 (IST) Nov 20

Uttarkashi Tunnel rescue | "As part of the ongoing rescue operation to rescue workers trapped inside the tunnel under construction in Silkyara, Uttarkashi, a 6-inch diameter pipeline has been successfully laid across the debris. Now through this, food items, medicines and other goods will be easily sent to the workers as per the requirement. Central agencies, SDRF and state administration teams engaged in rescue operations are working tirelessly. We are working on a war footing to evacuate all the workers safely," tweets Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami.

20:52 (IST) Nov 20

Uttarkashi Tunnel Accident | Colonel Deepak Patil says, "We will send food, mobile, and charger to the people who are trapped inside the tunnel. We will also try to install a WiFi connection inside. DRDO robots are also working..."

20:04 (IST) Nov 20

Pipeline pushed through rubble, breakthrough at collapsed Uttarakhand tunnel boosts morale

Rescuers achieved a significant breakthrough on Monday by threading a six-inch-wide pipeline through the debris of the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand.

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18:30 (IST) Nov 20

Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Rescuers insert 6-inch-wide pipe through rubble to send more food to trapped workers

In a significant development on Monday, rescuers successfully inserted a six-inch-wide pipeline through the debris of a collapsed tunnel in Uttarakhand.This breakthrough is a crucial advancement, enabling the delivery of larger quantities of food and essential supplies to the 41 workers who have been trapped for eight days

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18:19 (IST) Nov 20

Inside visuals of the tunnel as rescue operation continues.

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18:14 (IST) Nov 20

NHIDCL director Anshu Manish Khalkho says, "A six-inch pipe has been laid at the tunnel. DRDO has sent 2 robots weighing 20 kg and 50 kg respectively. All the 41 people are safe inside..."

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16:50 (IST) Nov 20

Uttarkashi SP Arpan Yaduvanshi says, "The progress is good... It (the additional lifeline) will be ready soon... The diameter would be larger than the current one so that more things can be sent through it. The best available machinery and experts have reached here... State government has appointed a senior IAS officer for coordination... The work is going on systematically and we are making good progress..."

16:38 (IST) Nov 20

Uttarakhand: On the ongoing operation to rescue workers trapped inside Uttarkashi's Silkyara Tunnel: DM Abhishek Ruhela says, "It is in the advanced stage, official information will be out soon...The most important thing is to make an approach road through BRO and we are hoping that it finishes by tonight or early morning tomorrow from this end and the action will begin soon..."

14:27 (IST) Nov 20

Uttarakhand govt to bear travel expenses of relatives of trapped workers

The Uttarakhand government will bear the travel, food and lodging expenses of relatives of the 41 workers trapped at the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi district for over a week.

Assuring the families of the trapped workers that they will be rescued soon, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said officials have been asked to stay in touch with the relatives of the trapped workers so that they do not face any inconvenience.The state government will bear the expenses of people who want to visit Silkyara to enquire about their well being, he said.

14:26 (IST) Nov 20

Psychiatrists have also been roped in to maintain the morale of the trapped workers, said Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami

14:26 (IST) Nov 20

Former Union minister Vijay Goel performs 'havan' for rescue of workers

Former Union minister and Vice Chairman of Gandhi Darshan Vijay Goel on Monday performed a 'havan' at Connaught Place's Hanuman temple for rescue of 41 workers trapped in a tunnel in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. Rescue operations are being carried out on a war footing since portions of the tunnel collapsed following a landslide on November 12, leaving 41 workers trapped behind a huge mound of debris.

13:11 (IST) Nov 20

DRDO team will try to explore the status of debris by inserting micro drone and other high tech robots through cavity on the top of tunnel.

13:10 (IST) Nov 20

A team of DRDO robotics team reaches tunnel site.

12:01 (IST) Nov 20

International Tunneling Expert Arnold Dix on rescue operation

"It is looking good, but we have to decide whether it is actually good or is it a trap. It is looking very positive as we have the best experts in Himalayan geology with me. We need to compare what we have seen here above the tunnel with what we know is happening inside the tunnel. We are rescuing those 41 men and we will not let anyone get hurt while doing it. It is like any complex job where we have to look all around, from the top to bottom. The team here is so focused on the rescue and so focused that no one else gets hurt. At the moment, it is looking positive. We are all one team and the whole world is with us..."

11:41 (IST) Nov 20

President of international tunnelling and underground space association from Australia Arnold Dixinspecting vertical drilling site just above the tunnel.

11:32 (IST) Nov 20

As per sources, the construction work of track - on the top of tunnel - is almost finished, only 100 meter patch of is remaining.

As per sources, the construction work of track - on the top of tunnel - is almost finished, only 100 meter patch of is remaining. Teams are continuously trying to drill 6 inch supply pipe through the debris - to make another life line for the trapped workers.

11:08 (IST) Nov 20

Drilling work inside the tunnel

10:31 (IST) Nov 20

President of International Tunneling Underground Space Professor, Arnold Dix arrives at Silkyara tunnel.

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09:47 (IST) Nov 20

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks with Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami to take stock of the situation.

09:46 (IST) Nov 20

PM took information about the ongoing relief and rescue operations of the workers trapped in the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi. PM Modi said that necessary rescue equipment and resources are being provided by the Central Government. The workers will be evacuated safely with mutual coordination between central and state agencies. There is a need to maintain the morale of the stranded workers.

Uttarakhand CMO

09:23 (IST) Nov 20

Instructions have been given to the rescue team to complete the rescue operation of the workers trapped in the tunnel as early as possible. Former advisor to the Prime Minister's Office, Bhaskar Khulbe and Deputy Secretary in PMO Mangesh Ghildiyal gave strict instructions to the rescue team. Bhasker Khulbe, Dy Sec Mangesh Ghildiyal and Secretary Disaster Management Ranjeet Sinha have left for Dehradun

Dr Neeraj Khanna, Secretary Nodal

09:17 (IST) Nov 20

The former advisor of PMO Bhaskar Khulbe and Deputy Secretary of PMO Mangesh Ghildiyal appealed to all the concerned departments involved in the rescue operation (RVNL, Navyug, ONGC, State PWD, BRO and THDC) and asked them to provide the final report on progress in the rescue operation by evening.

08:38 (IST) Nov 20

A rescue team member speaks to trapped workers through supply pipe in Silkyara tunnel

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08:25 (IST) Nov 20

An earth remover making way for another rescue way above the tunnel where 40 workers are trapped.

08:24 (IST) Nov 20

The rescue teams are facing challenges due to the complex and fragile geology of the Himalayas. The mountain is loose and fractured at the site. The soil strata in the region is not uniform either. It is soft at some places and hard at some. We are doing everything to pull out the workers safely out of the tunnel but it might take 2-3 days more. Whatever is required to save the trapped workers will be done.

Nitin Gadkari

08:23 (IST) Nov 20

Colonel RS Rao of BRO, who had been involved in tunnel rescues in the past, told TOI that they are "very hopeful of reaching out to stranded workers through the vertical drilling route."

08:23 (IST) Nov 20

The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) made preparations for the vertical drilling exercise by getting ready a 700m long temporary track for transporting machinery to a point on the top of the hill which has been selected for drilling into the tunnel from above.

08:20 (IST) Nov 20

Hopes pinned on vertical drilling

Rescue agencies are pursuing a multi-pronged strategy to save the workers, with focus on vertical drilling, which officials said may offer the fastest way to reach the stranded workers. A similar method was deployed at Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh in 2015. A few workers who had got trapped inside a tunnel were pulled out after nine days when an escape passage was created for them by drilling from the top of the tunnel.

08:19 (IST) Nov 20

Nitin Gadkari, Union minister of road transport and highways who visited the site, said that they are doing everything to pull out the workers safely out of the tunnel but it might take 2-3 days more.

08:18 (IST) Nov 20

The rescue teams are now focusing on vertical drilling, which may offer the fastest way to reach the stranded workers.

08:18 (IST) Nov 20

The efforts to rescue the workers trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi continued on the ninth day on Monday.

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