Hyderabad, March 25 -- A few hours after the second worker's body was found in the SLBC tunnel on Tuesday, March 25, he was identified as Manoj Kumar from Uttar Pradesh.

Some rescue workers engaged in digging work in the last 50 meters of the 14-km-long tunnel noticed a foul smell from a spot near the loco track and alerted the officials. The agencies were now focussing their efforts on the spot which is said to be outside D1 and D2, where the missing workers were suspected to be buried under the rubble.

The body was found approximately 50 meters away from the conveyor belt during excavation efforts using a mini excavator.

Search operations continued as teams focused on locating six other missing workers.

On March 9, the body of a wor...