Hyderabad, March 9 -- After a 16-day rescue operation, teams retrieved the body of a worker trapped in the SLBC (Srisailam Left Bank Canal) tunnel after a roof collapse. The remains were found before the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) on Sunday, March 9.

Rescuers first discovered a right hand near the TBM, confirming the body was buried under debris. Efforts are underway to establish the identity of the body.

According to reports, rescue teams suspect that the bodies of three other missing individuals may be buried under debris within a one-to-four-foot radius of the first body's location. Cadaver dogs from Kerala were deployed in the D2 area of the tunnel to aid in the search.

An ambulance is stationed at the SLBC tunnel entrance, ready ...