uttarakhand

NEW DELHI: Following 17 days of toil, National Disaster Management Authorities officials have confirmed that all trapped workers have been rescued from the collapsed Silkyara Bend-Barkot tunnel in Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand.   Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami was also present at the site to greet the rescued workers, alongside Minister of State VK Singh. During […]

UTTARKASHI: With the 41 workers still trapped inside the collapsed Silkyara Bend-Balkot Tunnel since November 12, the former advisor to the Prime Minister, Bhaskar Khulbe said that the workers were very happy inside.   On the 15th day of workers being stuck inside, Khulbe told The New Indian, “The workers are very happy there and are […]

UTTARKASHI: During the course of the rescue operation, an official source told The New Indian that the pipework has been completed and the 41 trapped workers will be rescued shortly from Uttarkashi’s collapsed tunnel.   A major breakthrough is expected on the 17th day of the 41 workers being trapped inside the Silkyara Bend-Barkot tunnel, […]

UTTARKASHI: With 17 days having passed with little hope or comfort, the 41 trapped workers inside the Silkyara Bend-Barkot Tunnel at Uttarkashi in Uttarakhand, one of the workers, Gabbar Singh Negi has taken the onus to keep the morale of the other workers high.   Negi, the Uttarakhand resident who is trapped inside the tunnel, […]

As many as 10 people are dedicated to preparing food, ensuring that the trapped workers receive meals three times a day, in addition to morning tea and essentials.

UTTARKASHI: Playing hide and seek, and other games has enabled the 41 workers trapped inside the collapsed Silkyara Bend – Barkot Tunnel to keep their mental health in check as said by Uttarkashi district’s Chief Medical Officer RCF Panwar, on Friday. The CMO and his team have been in constant touch with the trapped workers.  Panwar […]

NEW DELHI: Rescue workers from five public sector agencies ONGC, SJVNL, RVNL, NHIDCL, and THDCL have said that they expect “some big news” over the next 24 hours in the Uttarkashi tunnel operations in Uttarakhand, on Wednesday. The workers have been toiling for over 11 days to rescue the 41 labourers stuck inside Uttarakhand’s partially […]

The weather pattern has been attributed to a low-pressure area over northeast Madhya Pradesh

Nature experts believe tree cutting, dam building and irrational construction are behind such havoc

Locals blame the construction of tunnels being constructed down the village hillock for the Rishikesh-Karnprayag railway line, for subsidence and sliding of rock plates.