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  1. NHIDCL Hasn't Filed FIR Against Contractor Responsible for Collapsed Silkyara Tunnel: RTI Response

    Navayuga Engineering Company Limited was also the primary contractor for the Nagpur-Mumbai Samruddhi Expressway, where 20 workers and engineers lost their lives.

    #uttarakhand #UttarakhandTunnelCollapse #NHIDCL #silkyara #UttarakhandGovt #BJPStates #india

    thewire.in/government/nhidcl-h

  2. No Inquiry Report Yet But Silkyara Tunnel Work Resumes; Rat-Hole Miners Refuse Govt Reward: Reports

    The rat-hole miners, who dug through the last 12 meters when drilling machines failed, say Uttarakhand government’s award of Rs 50,000 each is not commensurate with the risk they took. They call it a 'step-motherly treatment'.

    #uttarakhand #UttarakhandTunnelCollapse #UttarakhandTunnelRescue #RatHoleMiners #silkyara #uttarkashi #himalayas #environment #UttarakhandGovt #BJPStates #india

    thewire.in/environment/no-inqu

  3. Due to Cost and Time Concerns, Silkyara Tunnel Project Said No to Separate Escape Tunnel: Report

    A late environmental impact assessment report, reviewed by the 'Indian Express', revealed that the situation – where 41 workers were trapped in the tunnel for 17 days – might have been avoided if the option of a separate escape tunnel had not been ruled out.

    #uttarakhand #UttarakhandTunnelCollapse #uttarkashi #silkyara #environment #EnvironmentalImpact #CharDhamProect #BJP #india

    thewire.in/government/due-to-c

  4. ‘No one will remember us’: India’s hero ‘rat hole miners’ who helped rescue 41 men from the Himalayan tunnel

    Just two hours after the men were rescued, a list of 90 men who took part in the effort was circulated by an Uttarakhand government official on a media WhatsApp group. Conspicuously missing were the names of the 12 “rat miners” who put their lives on the line to complete that final breakthrough.

    #uttarakhand #UttarakhandTunnelRescue #RatHoleMiners #UttarakhandTunnelCollapse #uttarkashi #silkyara #india

    edition.cnn.com/2023/12/06/ind

  5. On all fours in ‘rat holes’, the heroes of Silkyara scrape by on the margins

    Rat-hole mining is banned in India as a dangerous practice; showered by praise, a 12-member team of rat-hole miners ask for human dignity, a house, a road, fair wages, and an assurance that such a collapse will never be repeated.

    #uttarakhand #uttarkashi #UttarakhandTunnelCollapse #UttarakhandTunnelRescue #RatHoleMiners #environment #dalits #muslims #caste #himalayas #india

    thehindu.com/news/national/nev

  6. All 41 workers rescued from collapsed India tunnel

    All 41 construction workers who became trapped in a tunnel in India after a landslide have been rescued.

    #uttarakhand #uttarkashi #UttarakhandTunnelCollapse #india

    bbc.com/news/live/world-asia-i