Uttarakhand Tunnel Collapse Rescue

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

Construction has resumed on an Indian tunnel that collapsed last year, trapping 41 workers for 17 days -- with at least one of those men back on the job, reports Tuesday said.

The 41 workers evacuated from Uttarakhand's Silkyara tunnel after over two weeks killed time by playing childhood games and taking walks, a rescued worker told NDTV on Friday.

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.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday praised the leadership and unshakeable spirit of tunnel foreman Gabbar Singh Negi, who emerged as a leader among the 41 workers trapped inside the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand for over two weeks.

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 entire nation watched with rapt attention as 41 workers were brought out to safety after 17 days inside a collapsed Uttarakhand tunnel.

A 70-year-old Jharkhand man "died of anxiety" a few hours before his son was evacuated along with 40 other workers trapped in the under-construction Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand on Tuesday night, his family said.

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.

Hope that they would be rescued soon kept many of the workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel in Uttarakhand strong through their ordeal, some of the men said on Wednesday, hours after they were pulled out of 17 days of confinement.

For a 25-year-old Manjeet Chauhan stuck in Silkyara tunnel survival hinged on a picture of his parents and words of a lost brother, whom he took as a role model after his death in an accident last year.

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.

As each second felt like an hour during their long confinement inside an Uttarakhand tunnel, the trapped workers started playing games such as 'Raja Mantri Chor Sipahi' to distract themselves and keep despair at bay, one of the rescued workers said

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.

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

Construction has resumed on an Indian tunnel that collapsed last year, trapping 41 workers for 17 days -- with at least one of those men back on the job, reports Tuesday said.

The 41 workers evacuated from Uttarakhand's Silkyara tunnel after over two weeks killed time by playing childhood games and taking walks, a rescued worker told NDTV on Friday.

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.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday praised the leadership and unshakeable spirit of tunnel foreman Gabbar Singh Negi, who emerged as a leader among the 41 workers trapped inside the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand for over two weeks.

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 entire nation watched with rapt attention as 41 workers were brought out to safety after 17 days inside a collapsed Uttarakhand tunnel.

A 70-year-old Jharkhand man "died of anxiety" a few hours before his son was evacuated along with 40 other workers trapped in the under-construction Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand on Tuesday night, his family said.

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.

Hope that they would be rescued soon kept many of the workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel in Uttarakhand strong through their ordeal, some of the men said on Wednesday, hours after they were pulled out of 17 days of confinement.

For a 25-year-old Manjeet Chauhan stuck in Silkyara tunnel survival hinged on a picture of his parents and words of a lost brother, whom he took as a role model after his death in an accident last year.

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.

As each second felt like an hour during their long confinement inside an Uttarakhand tunnel, the trapped workers started playing games such as 'Raja Mantri Chor Sipahi' to distract themselves and keep despair at bay, one of the rescued workers said

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.