UTTARKASHI: A 25-tonne platform mounting the auger machine being used to drill through the debris in the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand has been repaired, and rescue operations to evacuate 41 workers ...

As operations to rescue the 41 trapped workers at the Silkyara Tunnel collapse site entered day 16, there was some positive ...

Uttarkashi: The authorities working round the clock to evacuate 41 workers trapped in a partially collapsed tunnel in Uttarkashi, brought out the damaged Auger machine on Saturday morning. The rest of ...

Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday explained the present status of the Silkyara tunnel rescue operation as the 14-day-long work encountered sudden hiccups at the last leg with ...

Uttarkashi (Uttarakhand) [India], November 26 (ANI): As rescue personnel raced against time to reach the workers trapped inside an under-construction tunnel, the process of removing the Auger machine ...

An auger boring machine is used to drill earth horizontally. It consists of a cutting head, a flighted drive tube, and the drive mechanism to supply the force to push the auger through the earth. The ...