Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Efforts on to evacuate workers, PM Modi speaks to CM Dhami

Rescue operations are ongoing to evacuate 40 workers trapped inside a collapsed tunnel in Uttarakhand for over 48 hours now. Videos from the spot showed huge piles of concrete blocking the tunnel, twisted metal bars from its broken roof buried in rubble creating more obstacles for rescue workers - who are mostly migrants from Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Odisha, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. They got trapped in the tunnel on Sunday morning after the under construction structure on the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri National Highway. #Uttarakhand #chardhamhighway #Uttarkashi #Pushkarsinghdhami #PMModi #Modi #India #UttarakhandNews #dehradun #OneIndia #OneIndianews ~PR.152~ED.101~GR.121~HT.96~

This is the fourth time that PM Modi spoke to Dhami to take stock of the rescue operation since the tunnel collapse on November 12. He spoke to Dhami on Monday...

After 17 days of intense efforts by multiple agencies, all 41 workers trapped in Uttarakhand's Silkyara tunnel here were evacuated safely on Tuesday.

As per the Chief Minister's Office, the CM has instructed the state administration to coordinate with the central agencies and engage in rescue operations 24...