At Telangana tunnel site, silt stalls rescue of 8 trapped workers

As eight people remain trapped around 14 km inside the tunnel of the Srisailam Left Bank Canal project after part of its roof collapsed on Saturday, a rescue team made headway and reached the spot where a tunnel boring machine was working during the incident, Nagarkurnool district collector B Santhosh said on Sunday.

- Press Trust of India

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However, silt poses a challenge to move further to reach the spot where the people are believed to have been trapped, he added.

The collector, who is supervising the rescue operation, said four NDRF teams—one from Hyderabad and three from Vijayawada—comprising 138 members, 24 personnel of the army, personnel of SDRF, 23 members from SCCL with equipment, besides members of the infra firm are engaged in the rescue operations.

The rescuers have reached the point where the tunnel boring machine is there. As there is silt after that point, the NDRF team is making plans to go forward.