People, who have been waiting for days, for the success of the daunting rescue operation that lasted 17 days, started sloganeering the moment workers started coming out from the collapsed tunnel.
The evacuation of the trapped workers inside the Silkyara tunnel started after a long wait of 17 days as a multi-agency rescue operation faced several challenges in creating an escape route after the under-construction tunnel in Uttarkashi collapsed on November 12 following a landslide.
Rescue workers drilled through the 60-metre stretch of rubble of the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in which 41 workers were trapped for the last 16 days, officials said.
Uttarkashi tunnel updates: The rescue workers on Tuesday drilled through the 60-metre stretch of the rubble of the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in which 41 workers have been trapped for the last 16 days. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami spoke to workers who were rescued.
Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: Labourers have been trapped inside the collapsed tunnel for the past 12 days. A multi-agency rescue operation including PMO officials are monitoring the progress.
Uttarakhand District Magistrate Abhishek Ruhela with other officials arrived at Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi to conduct an on-site inspection of the ongoing relief and rescue work on November 23. Efforts to rescue 41 trapped workers in collapsed Silkyara tunnel are underway on Day 12.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi took stock of the rescue operation last night over a phone call with Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami. The operation entered day three today as the workers remain trapped under the debris of the under-construction tunnel that collapsed on Sunday morning.
The incident took place on late Saturday night in which over 30 people were trapped. The rescue operation by the NDRF and SDRF teams was started.
Maharashtra weather: Nagpur city received torrential downpours from Friday midnight. According to the weather department, Nagpur airport reported 106 mm of rainfall till 5:30 am.
Uttarakhand weather: According to the State Disaster Response Force, the SDRF team received information late Tuesday night from Tehsildar, Kashipur that several residents living in Udham Singh Nagar's Kashipur area had been trapped in their houses due to severe waterlogging.
Torrential rainfall has led to flood-like situations in several parts of Gujarat. It is to be noted that the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) are on high alert to rescue people stuck in heavy water flow regions.
The bodies of 16 persons were recovered yesterday. The number rose to 21 after five more bodies were recovered today in a search operation being carried out by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) along with teams of Raigad police and local authorities.
A team of experienced mountaineers from the Maharashtra Mountaineers Rescue Coordination Centre has also been mobilised.
Cyclone Biparjoy update: The cyclone, which originated in the Arabian Sea and swept across the west coast of India made landfall on Thursday night around 10 km north of the Jakhau Port in Kutch, as per IMD reports.
The IMD has issued an orange alert for the Saurashtra and Kutch coasts of Gujarat and a yellow alert for Mumbai and Thane.
The 'very severe' cyclonic storm is supposed to heighten further in the following 24 hours and is set to move north-northeastward, the India Meteorological Office (IMD) said.
The female Labrador was a member of the "Operation Dost" team sent by the Indian National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) to rescue and assist the massive 7 victims. 8 magnitude quake that struck Turkiye and adjoining Syria on February 6.
Odisha Train Accident: CBI investigation of Balasore accident is progressing rapidly. The CBI team has gone to the spot thrice.. Today once again the team will be at the spot. Even today the CBI team will try to collect important evidence from the spot.
Venkatesh, who was assigned to the NDRF's 2nd battalion in Kolkata, initially contacted the battalion's senior inspector to inform him of the accident.
Rajasthan: The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and Civil Defence successfully carried out the rescue operation.
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