All 41 workers trapped underground in a tunnel in Uttarakhand’s Silkyara have been rescued today. The breakthrough came after rat-miners were brought in last evening and manually dug the last stretch. Amid this, Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra took to X, formerly Twitter, and stated that the workers have reminded everyone “that no tunnel is …

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New Delhi:  The Centre on Tuesday ordered the revocation of restrictions under Stage III of GRAP in the entire NCR with immediate effect, following improvement in air quality. The Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas (CAQM), a statutory body responsible for formulating strategies to combat pollution in the …

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Uttarkashi:  Rat-hole miners emerged as the heroes as they drilled with their hands to safely evacuate all 41 workers trapped in a collapsed Uttarakhand tunnel. The smiles on their faces hid all the exhaustion from digging in the cramped tunnel where even breathing becomes a challenge. “The workers were so happy seeing us. They hugged …

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The workers are being taken to the temporary hospital put up inside the tunnel for medical check-up and acclimatisation. New Delhi: Forty-one labourers, trapped in a tunnel in Uttarakhand for 17 days, have been rescued. The breakthrough came after rat-miners were brought in last evening and manually dug the last stretch.

New Delhi:  All 41 men trapped underground in a tunnel in Uttarakhand’s Silkyara were rescued late Tuesday, beginning the home stretch of a frantic 17-day multi-agency op that relied, in the final stretch, on the banned manual “rat-hole”-mining technique employed after high-tech machines, or augers, failed to drill through the nearly 60 metres of rock …

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Manual horizontal drilling has started at the Uttarakhand tunnel where 41 men have been trapped for more than two weeks, the authorities have said. The process started at 7 this evening after the American Augur Drill broke again, its blades fouled up by iron grill from the tunnel ceiling and other debris. The work is …

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