New Delhi, Feb. 24 -- The rescue operation is underway on war footing to take out the eight men trapped inside Telangana's Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel since last forty eight hours. Expressing concern over the situation, Telangana Minister Jupally Krishna Rao on Monday said that the chances of survival of trapped workers are "very very remote".

In a conversation with news agency PTI, the minister said that the rescuers are facing massive trouble in carrying out the operation because the tunnel is filled with muck and debris. Here are the latest updates on the Telangana tunnel collapse.

After assessing the accident site in Telangana, Minister Jupally Krishna Rao told PTI, "To be honest, the chances of their survival are very, ...