Telangana tunnel collapse: NDRF says working to drain out water from tunnel
By : Vidya
A three-meter section of the roof of an under-construction stretch of the SLBC tunnel collapsed at the 14 km mark near Domalapenta in Nagarkurnool district
Rescue operations are underway to evacuate the eight workers trapped in Telangana's Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is advancing into the tunnel to evacuate the workers who have been trapped for nearly 48 hours.
Telangana Minister J Krishna Rao told reporters that the chances of survival under the circumstances are “not that good.” "Muck has piled up too high inside the tunnel, making it impossible to walk through.
They (rescuers) are using rubber tubes and wooden planks to navigate through it," PTI quoted Rao, who went inside the tunnel.
