Hyderabad, March 24 -- Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has directed officials to expedite rescue operations to locate and bring out the workers trapped inside the SLBC tunnel, his office said in an official statement on Monday.

The SLBC tunnel accident took place on February 22. Eight workers were trapped in the accident. One of the bodies of trapped workers - Gurpreet Singh was recovered on March 9, the statement said.

The Chief Minister instructed Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari to appoint senior IAS officer Shiva Shankar Loteti as a Special Officer to "continuously monitor the rescue operations."

CM Revanth Reddy reviewed the progress of the ongoing rescue operations in the SLBC tunnel on Monday) at Assembly Hall.

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