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CM Pushkar Singh Dhami meets the workers who have been rescued from inside the Silkyara tunnel
CM Pushkar Singh Dhami meets the workers who have been rescued from inside the Silkyara tunnel

4 min read Last Updated : Nov 28 2023 | 11:37 PM IST

Key Events

11:37 PM

NDRF personnel engaged in the rescue operation begin celebration

10:48 PM

'NDRF ki jai ho'

10:45 PM

"Will review all tunnels in Uttarakhand to avoid such situations": CM Dhami

After the successful rescue of 41 workers trapped in the Silkyara Tunnel since November 12, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has said that in the coming time, the government will also review all the tunnels in Uttarakhand to avoid such situations.

8:46 PM

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari tweets "I am completely relieved and happy"

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari tweets "I am completely relieved and happy as 41 trapped laborers in the Silkyara Tunnel Collapse have been successfully rescued..."


8:41 PM

All 41 workers trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand since November 12

8:36 PM

35 workers evacuated from Uttarakhand tunnel, officials say they are healthy

8:32 PM

33 of 41 men trapped underground in a tunnel in Uttarakhand's Silkyara were rescued

8:23 PM

18 brought out from Uttarakhand tunnel, all to be evacuated in 2 hours

Eighteen of 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 that has threatened to bury the workers.
 

8:19 PM

CM Pushkar Singh Dhami meets the workers who have been rescued from inside the Silkyara tunnel

8:13 PM

10 workers pulled out, taken to makeshift hospital inside Uttarakhand tunnel

10 out of 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 that has threatened to bury the workers.
 
All 41 workers will be brought out of the tunnel within the next three hours.
 
Rescue officials said it will take around five to seven minutes to extract each worker.

8:07 PM

3 trapped workers brought out from Uttarakhand tunnel on stretchers on day 17 of rescue ops

Three workers among the 41 workers trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand since November 12, has been successfully rescued. The process of rescuing the remaining workers trapped inside Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand since November 12. The first worker among the 41 workers trapped inside Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand since November 12, has been successfully rescued.

6:53 PM

‘It will take the entire night to complete this operation’ says NDMA

6:52 PM

CM Mamata sends team to Uttarkashi to help evacuation of Bengal workers

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday announced that her government has rushed a team to Uttarkashi to help the workers trapped in the Silkyara tunnel.
 
In a post on social media platform X, the chief minister said the team led by Rajdeep Dutta, Liaison Officer, Office of Resident Commissioner, New Delhi, will help evacuation and safe return of the trapped workers in the tunnel at Silkyara, Uttarkashi to their homes in West Bengal.

6:52 PM

Assam CM ‘eagerly awaits safe return’ of state workers

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has been monitoring and taking regular updates on the well-being of two workers from the Kokrajhar district, who are among the 41 trapped inside an Uttarkashi tunnel, a portion of which collapsed on November 12, the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) informed through an official release on Tuesday.
 
"Two persons from District Kokrajhar, Assam have been trapped in the Uttarakhand Tunnel. For the last 16 days, HCM Dr @himantabiswa has been constantly monitoring the well-being of the workers and the families in Assam," read a post on the official handle of the Assam CMO on Tuesday.
 
"Principal Secretary to HCM through DC (Kokrajhar) have been in regular contact with the respective families and authorities in Uttarakhand. We are eagerly awaiting their safe and healthy return," it added.

6:50 PM

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami leaves from the site of the rescue

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that the pipe laying work inside the Silkyara tunnel where the efforts to bring out 41 trapped workers is underway has been completed. "With the blessing of Baba Baukh Nag Ji, prayers of crores of countrymen and the tireless work of the rescue teams engaged in the rescue operation, the work of laying pipes in the tunnel to take out the workers has been completed. Soon all the labourers will be taken out," CM Dhami said in a post on X.

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First Published: Nov 28 2023 | 8:48 AM IST