Army’s Engineer Task Force (ETF) continue the rescue operations at the Under-Construction Srisailam Left Bank Canal tunnel which crashed on 22nd Feb ’25, in Nagarkurnool on Monday (March 3, 2025). | Photo Credit: ANI
Telangana High Court on Monday (March 3, 2025) disposed of the PIL petition seeking a direction to State government to expedite efforts to extricate the eight workers trapped inside the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel, after taking into consideration the explanation by Advocate General A. Sudershan Reddy over the steps taken by government in the matter.
The Telangana government is exploring the option of deploying robots in the rescue operation to prevent any threat to the rescue personnel, officials said on Monday.
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The conveyor belt would be put into operation latest by Tuesday morning. As of now, the main rescue team comprises 80 personnel of the Singareni Collieries Company Limited, 20 from NDRF, SDRF and the railways. One unit of the National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) is stationed for conducting tests with the help of Ground Probing Radar (GPR) unit as and when the need arises.
The exact whereabouts of the eight persons trapped under the debris, about 14 km inside the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel, is not known precisely even to the rescue agencies due to the very high thick sheet of over 5-metre-deep mud and it would be taking another 2 or 3 days to locate them, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has said.
The Chief Minister said the possible location of persons trapped was only a primary assessment and it was not possible for the government to make any announcement on their condition sans any evidence.
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March 04, 2025 06:49
Telangana High Court disposes PIL on SLBC tunnel rescue operations
Telangana High Court on Monday disposed of the PIL petition seeking a direction to State government to expedite efforts to extricate the eight workers trapped inside the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel, after taking into consideration the explanation by Advocate General A. Sudershan Reddy over the steps taken by government in the matter.
The petition was filed by National Union for Migrant Workers represented by its vice-president P.V.K.K. Bhargav requesting the HC to instruct the government to initiate all steps for rescuing the workers trapped under the rubble and a host of measures such as paying compensation to the families and preparing plans to ensure such incidents do not recur.
Published – March 04, 2025 06:44 am IST
