The rescue operations of the eight trapped staff on the Telangana’s Srisailam Left Financial institution Canal (SLBC) tunnel is underway within the Nagarkurnool district. Officers concerned within the rescue operation have acknowledged that the final 200 meters of the collapsed part are blocked by particles, making it tough to substantiate the situation or precise location of the trapped staff.
The early morning visuals present that the Nationwide Catastrophe Response Drive (NDRF) is making progress and advancing into the tunnel. Moreover, the response pressure is at the moment working to take away the gathered water contained in the tunnel.
NDRF Deputy Commandant Sukhendu Datta stated the pressure had lined round 13.5 kilometres contained in the tunnel, primarily utilizing locomotives and conveyor belts. He added, “Yesterday round 10 pm, we went inside to verify what the scenario was like. The locomotives had been used to enter the tunnel. From the gate of the tunnel, we lined a complete of round 13.5 km. We lined 11 km by prepare after which the remainder of 2 km by conveyor belt and by strolling.”
“We had reached until the tip of the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM). We shouted and tried to get any reply from the trapped staff however sadly we couldn’t know something as a result of there’s a patch of round 200 meters which is crammed with particles. Until the particles is cleared we can not know the precise location of the victims,” the NDRF deputy commandant stated.
“The patch between 11 to 13 km is crammed with water, so proper now, we’re within the means of eradicating the water. When that’s carried out, we are going to begin the rescue operations,” the official added.
Earlier, each the NDRF and SDRF groups encountered extreme challenges in reaching the collapsed part.
“There is not any likelihood to go to the spot contained in the tunnel. It has utterly collapsed and dirt is reaching as much as the knees. We should take one other step,” an SDRF official stated.
On the morning of Saturday, a three-meter part of the roof of an under-construction stretch of the SLBC tunnel caved in on the 14 km mark close to Domalapenta in Nagarkurnool district, Telangana. This incident occurred 4 days after the development work had resumed after a protracted halt. Following the collapse, some staff escaped, however eight are nonetheless trapped.
