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.
Nainital faces battle for survival as landslides pose big threat to town of lakes
Principal Secretary to Prime Minister PK Mishra took stock of the situation in Joshimath after residents hit the panic button following cracks in their residences
Even as authorities in Uttarakhand work out a massive plan to rehabilitate hundreds of families from the “sinking” Himalayan town of Joshimath, they have a similar task at hand – in a village in Uttarkashi district. Located nearly 10-km away from Uttarkashi city, Mastani village has seen multiple landslides over the years, resulting in wide […]