SLBC tunnel collapse update: NDRF team finds tunnel water logged, returns

The NDRF teams travelled into the tunnel in vehicles upto 12 kilometers and trudged for another two kilometers, but found the collapse site completely submerged and full of slush, making it difficult for them to move ahead

Hyderabad: Rescue teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) found the SLBC tunnel completely water logged and had returned after preliminary inspections and fate of eight persons trapped in the tunnel is not yet known.

The SLBC tunnel collapsed on Saturday as the tunnel boring machine began work yesterday (Febryary 22) around 8 a.m. As water seepage was noticed at the worksite, around 14 km inside, 45 personnel working at the site rushed out, but 8 personnel – two engineers, two machine operators and four workers -got trapped as the tunnel collapsed.

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The NDRF teams travelled into the tunnel in vehicles upto 12 kilometers and trudged for another two kilometers, but found the collapse site completely submerged and full of slush, making it difficult for them to move ahead.

Authorities were attempting to move another team into the tunnel