Hyderabad, March 1 -- After nearly a week of tireless rescue operation, the bodies of four out of the eight workers who were trapped after a portion of the SLBC tunnel collapsed have been located, on Saturday, March 1.

Addressing the media, state tourism minister Jupally Krishna Rao disclosed the four bodies were located inside the slush inside the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) in Domalapenta of Nagarkurnool district. They would be recovered by Sunday evening, he added.

Rao also said the location of the bodies has been found using the ground-penetrating radar equipment, and the slush was being removed manually to recover the bodies.

Rao said the remaining four bodies of the workers appeared to be at the frontage of the tunnel boring...