Uttarkashi Tunnel

A grand welcome with traditional 'dhol and nagaras' was accorded to the 15 Jharkhand workers, who were rescued from Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi along with 26 others, on their arrival here on Friday night.

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.

Two days after relentless hard work, labour, and heartfelt prayers brought the 41 trapped men out of the Silkayara tunnel site in Uttarkashi, international tunnelling expert Arnold Dix appreciated the efforts of the rescue teams.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday said that the people in India and across the world were praying to the god for the success in the rescue operation in Uttarkashi's Silkyara tunnel where 41 workers got trapped.

Reacting to Lalu Prasad Yadav's remarks on PM Modi's contribution to the Uttarkashi rescue, Home Affairs Minister Nityanand Rai launched a scathing attack on the former Bihar Chief Minister and termed his remark as "ridiculous."

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.

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

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.

Evacuated workers who were rescued from inside the Uttarkashi tunnel after 17 days of being trapped are now looking forward to meeting their anxious families.

Rescuers have pulled out all 41 workers trapped for 17 days inside a collapsed Uttarakhand tunnel after rat miners drilled through the debris, triggering jubilation. The focus will now be on what led to the collapse and why the rescue took so long.

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.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday said none of the 41 labourers rescued from an under-construction road tunnel in Uttarkashi district was in a critical condition.

A grand welcome with traditional 'dhol and nagaras' was accorded to the 15 Jharkhand workers, who were rescued from Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi along with 26 others, on their arrival here on Friday night.

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.

Two days after relentless hard work, labour, and heartfelt prayers brought the 41 trapped men out of the Silkayara tunnel site in Uttarkashi, international tunnelling expert Arnold Dix appreciated the efforts of the rescue teams.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday said that the people in India and across the world were praying to the god for the success in the rescue operation in Uttarkashi's Silkyara tunnel where 41 workers got trapped.

Reacting to Lalu Prasad Yadav's remarks on PM Modi's contribution to the Uttarkashi rescue, Home Affairs Minister Nityanand Rai launched a scathing attack on the former Bihar Chief Minister and termed his remark as "ridiculous."

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.

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

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.

Evacuated workers who were rescued from inside the Uttarkashi tunnel after 17 days of being trapped are now looking forward to meeting their anxious families.

Rescuers have pulled out all 41 workers trapped for 17 days inside a collapsed Uttarakhand tunnel after rat miners drilled through the debris, triggering jubilation. The focus will now be on what led to the collapse and why the rescue took so long.

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.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday said none of the 41 labourers rescued from an under-construction road tunnel in Uttarkashi district was in a critical condition.