Tunnel collapse: 1 body recovered from accident site on 16th day of rescue ops

TELANGANA

- MPOST BUREAU

NAGARKURNOOL (TELANGANA): Rescue teams working hard to extricate the eight men trapped under the partially collapsed SLBC tunnel here for over two weeks on Sunday retrieved the body of one of them from under 10 ft of silt.

The deceased has been identified as Gurpreet Singh of Punjab, and was working for Robbins Co involved in the tunnel works.

Singh was identified based on earring on the left ear lobe and tattoo on the right hand, a senior official said. He was a Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) operator.

Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy condoled Singh's death.

After being brought out of the tunnel, the body was sent to the Nagarkurnool civil hospital for post mortem and to follow other procedures.

The body could be extricated following "very careful" digging and other efforts for more than 48 hours, the official said. It was buried under silt at a depth of about 10 feet.