- By Nidhi Giri
- Tue, 25 Feb 2025 08:45 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
Telangana Tunnel Collapse: Efforts to rescue eight workers trapped inside the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel in Telangana’s Nagarkurnool district entered the 4th day on Tuesday as rescuers tackle heavy seepage of water and mud inside the tunnel. The collapse took place during excavation work using a tunnel boring machine (TBM) on Saturday morning.
#WATCH | Nagarkurnool, Telangana | Visuals from Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel where rescue operation is underway to rescue the workers trapped inside the tunnel after a portion of the tunnel collapsed on 22nd February. pic.twitter.com/0fZDjusgmx
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-The Indian Army, NDRF, SDRF, Singareni Collieries, and NHIDCL personnel are on the job. Six members of the team behind the heroic November 2023 Silkyara tunnel rescue operation in Uttarakhand also joined in to assist the operation. However, no breakthrough has been achieved so far.
-Indian Navy’s Marine Commandos (MARCOS) are participating in the operation with special equipment to trace those trapped inside.
Why Is Telangana Rescue Operation Taking So Long?
-NDRF’s 10th Battalion Commandant Prasanna Kumar told The Indian Express on Monday that after a lengthy meeting with the Navy, Army and other organisations to take stock of the situation, none of the experts present at the site could suggest how to navigate through the thick wall of slush to reach the trapped persons.
-Irrigation Minister Uttam Kumar Reddy has said that the terrain has made it difficult to bring in heavy equipment to help remove the slush in a more efficient and faster manner. According to the officials, the removal of slush and dangerous debris of metal pieces using tunnel boring machines may take several days.
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-Among those trapped inside are Sunny Singh from Gurha Manhasan, Jammu & Kashmir, and Gurpreet Singh from Taran Taran, Punjab — both engineers with the American tunneling firm The Robbins Company. Also trapped are Manoj Kumar and Sri Niwas from Uttar Pradesh, engineers with Jaiprakash Associates, along with construction workers Sandeep Sahu, Jagta Xess, Santosh Sahu, and Anuj Sahu from Jharkhand.
-No contact has been established so far with the trapped workers.