Hopes for the imminent rescue of 41 men trapped in a highway tunnel in the Indian Himalayas for nearly two weeks were foiled by a problem with the drilling...
"In the wake of the tunnel disaster at Uttarakhand, while the central government has decided to conduct a safety audit of 29 under-construction tunnels in India, it turns out that there is no dedicated safety unit with the National Highways...
Personnel from Madras Sappers regiment of the Army’s Corps ..
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/army-called-in-to-help-in-tunnel-rescue-operation/articleshow/105519435.cms
The 1.5 km and 8-meter diameter tunnel connects the Patna Museum and Bihar Museum.
https://www.metrorailnews.in/lt-emerges-as-the-lowest-bidder-for-patna-bihar-museums-tunnel-contract/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGi2rdbjBbY
Uttarakhand Tunnel Collapse: Ten days into a daunting rescue effort, workers trapped in a tunnel in Uttarakhand were seen for the first time early this morning as a camera inserted through a pipe...
Officials say they plan to drill two parallel tunnels which could provide an "escape route" to the workers.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-67471018
Congress State President Karan Mahara claimed that HUME pipes were being laid in the tunnel after the incident, whereas they ought to have been laid alongside the construction of the...
Some details on Navayuga Engineering Company Limited, from which 41 workers remain trapped in the collapsed tunnel that's part of the Union government's high-profile yet controversial Char Dham project in Uttarkashi, are worth...
"Without proper study, geological surprises will come up... There is no culture of due diligence before initiating such projects in our country...."
https://www.ndtv.com/opinion/uttarakhand-tunnel-collapse-makings-of-a-disaster-4583067
Engineers are trying to drive a steel pipe about 90 centimetres wide through the debris
https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2023/11/17/india-warns-freeing-workers-trapped-in-collapsed-tunnel-for-6-days-will-take-time/
India today gives the names of the 41 workers trapped.
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/uttarkashi-tunnel-collapse-update-auger-drill-machine-pipe-trapped-workers-expert-teams-2463907-2023-11-17
...Union Minister for Road, Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari has agreed to consider the proposal for construction of a crucial tunnel connecting Narol to Kanoyian in tehsil...
This is the TBM which got stuck in a garbage pile in an area which used to be a garbage landfill area.
"The machine was operating in a section that is a part of the Pink Line between Kalena Agrahara and Nagawara being constructed under phase...