Nagarkurnool, Feb. 23 -- Rescue operations for the trapped workers in Telangana's Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel continued on Sunday morning, with the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) making progress and advancing deeper into the tunnel with eight labourers are feared to be trapped inside.

However, due to debris blocking the area, the team has not yet been able to confirm their exact 'location', as confirmed By NDRF officials to ANI.

NDRF Deputy Commandant Sukhendu Datta told ANI that the force has covered around 13.5 kilometres inside the tunnel, primarily using locomotives and conveyor belts.

Speaking to ANI , Datta said, "Yesterday around 10 PM we went inside to check what the situation is like. The locomotives were ...