The 41 workers, who were rescued from Uttarakhand’s Silkyara tunnel in a multi-agency operation, kept their spirits up while trapped inside by taking morning walks and practising yoga, said a rescued worker to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a long-distance conversation.
In the video, the workers, wearing yellow and white helmets, are seen receiving food items sent to them through the pipeline and talking to each other.
A team of officials from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and experts at the site have decided to work simultaneously on five plans to rescue the 41 men.
The local police control room said that the trapped workers were safe and had asked for food, which was being sent to them. Officials added that communication was established on walkie-talkies and food packets were supplied with the help of compressors.
The initiative to hand over the land of the Mandala and Kamrala firing ranges, located at an altitude of above 10,000 feet, to the armed forces was taken by Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu.
Indian para-badminton player Prema Biswas wins bronze in Fox Indonesia Para-Badminton International tournament.
The Delhi Police in coordination with FBI Legal Attache and Interpol have arrested four men for allegedly cheating US citizens of more than USD 20 million by running fake call centres, officials said.
A Punjabi ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ who allegedly masterminded a daring multi-crore heist were nabbed because of their craving for a fruit-flavoured drink near Uttarakhand’s Hemkund Sahib, according to media reports.
Mumbai-based Anusha works with her business partners and fellow climbers, Shashi Bahuguna and Guneet Puri, both based in Uttarakhand, to organise and lead inclusive treks for Bohemian Adventures.
The pandemic continues to remain a concern for India, with 27 deaths related to COVID-19 and 10,753 fresh COVID-19 cases recorded in the past 24, according to Union Health Ministry data published today. That takes the number of active COVID-19 infections to 53,720.
