Rescuers reach final point of Telangana tunnel’s collapsed roof

The National Disaster Response Force on Tuesday reached the final point of the Srisailam Left Bank Canal tunnel’s collapsed roof in Nagarkurnool district, where eight workers have been trapped since February 22, The Times of India reported.

A three-metre stretch of the under-construction tunnel collapsed on Saturday, injuring about a dozen workers. More than 50 persons were said to have been working at the site with a tunnel-boring machine when the accident took place.

The workers are believed to be trapped in the last 50 metres in front of the tunnel boring machine, the newspaper reported. This spot is about 14 km inside the tunnel.

Till Monday, the rescue teams were stuck 40 metres away from the last point of the collapsed roof.

Heavy flow of water and slush inside the tunnel have created hurdles for the rescue teams.

#WATCH | Nagarkurnool, Telangana | SLBC tunnel collapse: Visuals from Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel where rescue operation is underway to rescue the workers trapped inside the tunnel after a portion of the tunnel collapsed on 22nd February.

(Earlier Visuals) pic.twitter.com/XIeQ269oBZ

— ANI (@ANI) February 25, 2025

Telangana Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy, who visited the site on Tuesday, said that the tunnel around the collapse spot had become unstable, The Hindu reported. The extent of water seepage was assessed to be about 3,000 litres to 5,000…

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