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Central agencies working on war footing to evacuate workers trapped in the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand

Newsmantra — Fri, 24 Nov 2023 04:47:00 +0000

In Uttarakhand, Five Central agencies ONGC, SJVNL, RVNL, NHIDCL, and THDCL-have been assigned specific responsibilities, working collaboratively to safely rescue 41 workers trapped in the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi district.

All the central agencies are working on war footing at the incident site and each of them has assigned specific tasks to ensure safe evacuation of the workers. The government is continuously maintaining contact with the stranded people to boost their morale.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has also set up a temporary camp office in Matali, Uttarkashi, from where he is monitoring the rescue operations and also doing his administrative work since last night.

He also spoked to the workers trapped inside through the audio communication setup installed in the tunnel.

On the other hand, in the safe part of the tunnel, electricity and water supplies are operational, and provisions including food and medicines are being distributed to the stranded workers through a dedicated 4 to 6-inch compressor pipeline. It may be recalled that a part of the under-construction tunnel from Silkyara to Barkot collapsed due to a landslide on the 12th of this month, following which 41 laborers are trapped inside.

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5 PSUs engaged in rescue operation for the trapped labourers

Newsmantra — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 06:05:37 +0000

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Sutluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVNL), Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL), National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL), and Tehri Hydro Development Corporation Limited (THDCL) -are engaged in to rescue operation for the trapped labourers at Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi,

The Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited (SJVNL) will do vertical drilling to rescue the labourers for which equipment have been mobilised from Gujarat and Odisha through Indian Railways.

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Himachal CM Favours transfer of projects operational for 40 years to govt

Newsmantra — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 09:45:32 +0000

Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh today asked the SJVNL to enhance Himachal’s share of royalty in the form of free power in its projects that have become debt free. Sukhu raised the issue with SJVNL , CMD Nand Lal Sharma, who called on him here. He expressed displeasure over the SJVNL starting construction work on the 210 MW Luhri (Phase-1), 66 MW Dhaulasidh and 382 MW Sunni dam projects without signing an implementation agreement with the government.

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