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The Silkyara Bend–Barkot tunnel was being constructed by contentious [10] Navayuga Engineering Construction Limited (NECL) under National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) [11] as part of the Char Dham project, intended to connect important Hindu pilgrim sites in Uttarakhand, North India, with two-lane, all-weather paved roads. [12]
Families have faced an anxious wait through the night with ambulances on standby
Pushkar Singh Dhami, Uttarakhand state's top elected official, visited the site on Thursday and spoke to some of the workers in the tunnel by walkie-talkie, Karwal said.
The tunnel rescue in Uttarakhand has drawn national and international attention, and renewed focus on the hazards of building major infrastructure projects through the fragile Himalayan mountains ...
The rescue work at a collapsed tunnel in India’s northern Uttarakhand state where 41 workers have been trapped since 12 November may take up to 15 days, an official said.. In a major relief to ...
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the Silkyara Bend – Barkot Tunnel in Uttarakhand in February 2018. The tunnel will be 4.531 kilometres (2.815 mi) long, two lanes, bi-directional and with escape passages including approaches. The total project cost is Rs. 1383.78 crore while the tunnel project will cost Rs. 1119.69 crore ...
On November 12, 2023, 41 construction workers at Uttarkashi Tunnel in Uttarakhand got trapped in the tunnel due to a major tunnel collapse. The rescue started the very day. For the first two days, rescuers tried to remove the debris using excavators and prevent more debris from falling using the ‘shotcrete method’.
The workers have been trapped since Nov. 12 when a landslide caused a portion of the 4.5-kilometer (2.8-mile) tunnel they were building to collapse about 200 meters (650 feet) from the entrance ...