Uttarakhand Tunnel Collapse News

A group of men who rescued 41 workers trapped inside a collapsed tunnel in Uttarakhand were honoured with NDTV's India's Heroes Award.

Mounds of apples, oranges, bananas, and bottles formed inside the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi as 41 workers waited to be pulled out after a cave-in on November 12.

The 41 men rescued from a collapsed tunnel in Uttarakhand are undergoing health checkups at AIIMS, Rishikesh, and could be sent back home today.

The 41 workers who had been trapped in the tunnel in Uttarkashi for over 400 hours only showed jetlag-like symptoms and were so healthy that none of them made use of the wheeled stretchers that were kept ready to pull them out.

The "softly, softly" approach to drilling escape holes was key to freeing the 41 men trapped beneath the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand, tunnelling expert Arnold Dix told NDTV Wednesday.

A day after they were rescued from the tunnel where they had been trapped for 17 days, 41 construction workers have been airlifted in an Indian Air Force Chinook and are being taken to AIIMS in Rishikesh.

That figure was Gabbar Singh Negi - who was born 260 km away, in Uttarakhand's Pauri Garhwal district - and had the unfortunate distinction of having been in tunnel collapses thrice before.

Family and friends of the 41 workers, who were safely pulled out from the debris of the collapsed tunnel in Uttarkashi after 17 days are jubiliant and have been celebrating by bursting firecrackers.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to workers, who were rescued from the collapsed tunnel after 17 days, over the phone after the operation was declared a success.

Uttarkashi Tunnel Rescue: PM Modi stated that the courage and patience of the workers are inspiring everyone in the country.

Uttarkashi Tunnel Rescue: All 41 workers were successfully rescued from the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand after 17 days. All the workers were pulled out of the tunnel in approximately an hour.

In light of difficulties faced in the rescue of 41 workers trapped in an Uttarakhand tunnel since November 12, an expert from the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi told NDTV of the need for guidelines to "correctly assess rock type".

The Air Force has stationed a Chinook helicopter - a twin-rotor heavy-lift chopper - at the airstrip in Uttarakhand's Chinyalisaur, where an emergency medical centre has been set up to treat the 41 workers trapped underground in the Silkyara tunnel.

For the past 17 days, TV cameras have been pointed at the entry to the Uttarakhand tunnel, where 41 workers were trapped following a collapse. Away from the crosshairs, their families have been trapped in a tunnel where hope fought despair

The Uttarakhand tunnel rescue operation is inching towards success after manual drilling teams reached the trapped workers and the pipe they will escape through was put in place. Final preparations are now being made for the workers to be brought out

A group of men who rescued 41 workers trapped inside a collapsed tunnel in Uttarakhand were honoured with NDTV's India's Heroes Award.

Mounds of apples, oranges, bananas, and bottles formed inside the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi as 41 workers waited to be pulled out after a cave-in on November 12.

The 41 men rescued from a collapsed tunnel in Uttarakhand are undergoing health checkups at AIIMS, Rishikesh, and could be sent back home today.

The 41 workers who had been trapped in the tunnel in Uttarkashi for over 400 hours only showed jetlag-like symptoms and were so healthy that none of them made use of the wheeled stretchers that were kept ready to pull them out.

The "softly, softly" approach to drilling escape holes was key to freeing the 41 men trapped beneath the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand, tunnelling expert Arnold Dix told NDTV Wednesday.

A day after they were rescued from the tunnel where they had been trapped for 17 days, 41 construction workers have been airlifted in an Indian Air Force Chinook and are being taken to AIIMS in Rishikesh.

That figure was Gabbar Singh Negi - who was born 260 km away, in Uttarakhand's Pauri Garhwal district - and had the unfortunate distinction of having been in tunnel collapses thrice before.

Family and friends of the 41 workers, who were safely pulled out from the debris of the collapsed tunnel in Uttarkashi after 17 days are jubiliant and have been celebrating by bursting firecrackers.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to workers, who were rescued from the collapsed tunnel after 17 days, over the phone after the operation was declared a success.

Uttarkashi Tunnel Rescue: PM Modi stated that the courage and patience of the workers are inspiring everyone in the country.

Uttarkashi Tunnel Rescue: All 41 workers were successfully rescued from the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand after 17 days. All the workers were pulled out of the tunnel in approximately an hour.

In light of difficulties faced in the rescue of 41 workers trapped in an Uttarakhand tunnel since November 12, an expert from the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi told NDTV of the need for guidelines to "correctly assess rock type".

The Air Force has stationed a Chinook helicopter - a twin-rotor heavy-lift chopper - at the airstrip in Uttarakhand's Chinyalisaur, where an emergency medical centre has been set up to treat the 41 workers trapped underground in the Silkyara tunnel.

For the past 17 days, TV cameras have been pointed at the entry to the Uttarakhand tunnel, where 41 workers were trapped following a collapse. Away from the crosshairs, their families have been trapped in a tunnel where hope fought despair

The Uttarakhand tunnel rescue operation is inching towards success after manual drilling teams reached the trapped workers and the pipe they will escape through was put in place. Final preparations are now being made for the workers to be brought out