'Success was 100 per cent sure'

'The rocks, the geology of the Himalayas will always spring surprises.''It's basically force majeure and the will of god.' IMAGE: Rescue operations at the tunnel in Uttarkashi, November 28, 2023.......

'Trapped workers played cricket'

'I decided to send a bat and a ball which was smaller in size so that it shouldn't get stuck in the pipe. And with that, they had a little good time.' IMAGE: The workers inside Uttarkashi's......

The Great Tunnel Rescue: How The 16 Days Unfolded

After 16 days of intense efforts by multiple agencies, all 41 workers trapped inside Uttarakhand's Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi have safely been evacuated on Tuesday evening. IMAGE: An ambulance......

Rescue workers close but 'not quite there', says NDMA

Rescue workers on Tuesday were close to breaking through the 60-metre stretch of rubble of the collapsed Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand in which 41 workers are trapped for the last 16 days,......

Gadkari plans to meet infra target despite lockdown

'Despite the pandemic, we aspire to maintain the momentum of last year.' Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters "Innovative methods -- accelerated construction techniques, faster decision-making, putting......

Time frame of 300 highway projects cut by 3 months: Gadkari

Of these, about 100 projects are likely to be completed by December 2018. The government has decided to reduce time frame by three months of 300 projects scheduled for completion in June 2019, and......

Four in race for Rs 10,000-cr tunnel in Kashmir

The tunnel would provide all-weather connectivity between Srinagar and Leh-Ladakh Reliance Infrastructure in partnership with Dogus Construction of Turkey, Larsen and Toubro (L&T), IL&FS......

Government to build 13 new expressways

‘Our target is to award Rs 25 lakh crore worth of projects that would result in creating 25 million jobs’ Nitin Gadkari, the Union minister of road transport and highways, and......