Nagarkurnool, Feb. 28 -- Rescue operations continued for the seventh consecutive day on Friday at the under-construction SLBC tunnel in Nagarkurnool district, where eight workers remain trapped. Despite extensive efforts, no signs of survival have been detected so far.
Twelve agencies, including the Army, Navy, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (DRAPA), Railways, and Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL), are involved in clearing debris and removing sludge from the partially collapsed Srisailam Left Bank Canal tunnel. Rescue teams are using gas cutters and plasma cutters to break through obstructions and reach the trapped workers.
On Thursday, five teams removed ...