Telangana tunnel collapse- Eight persons trapped, one dead body recovered
Gurpreet’s body was found near the broken tunnel boring machine that was being used to excavate the tunnel : Police
New Delhi, March 10
Following a tunnel collpase two weeks, the authorities who are carrying out search operations, rescuers on recovered the body of one of eight persons trapped inside.
The eight men had been trapped since the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel in Nagarkurnool partially collapsed on February 22.
The authorities have identified as Gurpreet Singh from Tarn Taran in Punjab. The eight trapped men were Sunny Singh, Gurpreet Singh, Manoj Kumar, Srinivas, Sandeep Sahu, Santosh Sahu, Anuj Sahu and Jagath Khes.
The authorities informed that Gurpreet’s body was found near the broken tunnel boring machine that was being used to excavate the tunnel. Two people were operating the machine and six were helping them when the roof of the tunnel caved in.
The police informed that the body was recovered from a spot located by the Kerala Police’s Belgian malinois dogs.
The authorities informed that 11 teams of rescuers have been trying to find the trapped men. More than 300 personnel of the NDRF, State Disaster Response Force and the Army had been deployed at the site. However, the accumulation of sludge and debris from the collapse, as well as water seeping into the tunnel, have made the rescue efforts arduous and time-consuming.
Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has announced ex gratia of Rs 25 lakh to his family.
