OPERATION SILKYARA: The Untold Story of one of India’s Greatest Rescue Missions
OPERATION SILKYARA: The Untold Story of one of India’s Greatest Rescue Missions
Saurabh Sharma
- Publisher : Juggernaut
- Publication date : 28 August 2026
- Print length : 264 pages
- ISBN-10 : 9353459109
- ISBN-13 : 978-9353459109
The first definitive account of a rescue that held an entire nation breathless.
On 12 November 2023, a section of an under-construction tunnel in Uttarakhand collapsed. Deep inside the partially collapsed Himalayan tunnel, 41 men were trapped. For 17 days, these workers managed to survive with limited supplies in the darkness, anxiously waiting to be rescued, while, above ground, an extraordinary story of determination began to unfold.
Told with pace, tension and vivid detail, Operation Silkyara brings alive the relentless efforts of miners, engineers, rescue teams and volunteers who battled time, terrain and exhaustion to pull o! the impossible. Each chapter reads like a countdown, capturing moments of fear, hope, ingenuity and quiet heroism.
The first definitive account of a rescue that held an entire nation breathless.
On 12 November 2023, a section of an under-construction tunnel in Uttarakhand collapsed. Deep inside the partially collapsed Himalayan tunnel, 41 men were trapped. For 17 days, these workers managed to survive with limited supplies in the darkness, anxiously waiting to be rescued, while, above ground, an extraordinary story of determination began to unfold.
Told with pace, tension and vivid detail, Operation Silkyara brings alive the relentless efforts of miners, engineers, rescue teams and volunteers who battled time, terrain and exhaustion to pull o! the impossible. Each chapter reads like a countdown, capturing moments of fear, hope, ingenuity and quiet heroism.
Author Bios:
Saurabh Sharma is a multiple award-winning self-taught journalist based in New Delhi. His work has earned him the Lorenzo Natali, SOPA, Telly and Ramnath Goenka awards and a Gerald Loeb Award nomination.
When not chasing stories, he’s chasing good food, open roads on his motorcycle or a good tune – quite possibly singing and dancing with locals at a dive bar somewhere of the map.
Saurabh Sharma is a multiple award-winning self-taught journalist based in New Delhi. His work has earned him the Lorenzo Natali, SOPA, Telly and Ramnath Goenka awards and a Gerald Loeb Award nomination.
When not chasing stories, he’s chasing good food, open roads on his motorcycle or a good tune – quite possibly singing and dancing with locals at a dive bar somewhere of the map.
