Twenty eight days after the collapse of the SLBC tunnel, rescue operations are inching ahead with seven more bodies to be retrieved. Robots that were requisitioned to salvage the bodies have not yet been made fully operational
On Saturday morning, he visited the SLBC tunnel and held a review meeting with senior officials from various rescue teams. Special Chief Secretary (Disaster Management) Arvind Kumar and Army Commandant Parikshit Mehra updated the Minister on the progress made in locating the trapped workers.
The State government had sought the Centre's help to conduct a seismological study, which is intended to locate the trapped workers and assess the structural condition of the tunnel following the roof collapse
BRS working president criticised Chief Minister over the SLBC tunnel tragedy and charged the Congress government with keeping the project works pending for 14 months since it assumed power and then shifting blame to the previous BRS regime
Army, Navy, National Disaster Response Force, and State Disaster Response Force are tirelessly working to locate and rescue the workers trapped in the tunnel
Chief Minister Revanth Reddy is expected to visit the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel collapse site on March 2, as rescue operations continue to save the eight workers trapped since February 22
Excise Minister Jupally Krishna Rao says location of all eight workers identified using sophisticated machinery; efforts on to bring out four of the trapped individuals by Sunday evening, but it may take an additional two days to reach out to the remaining four
"I personally visited the site, and in my view, there is absolutely no chance of survival. This is my expectation and opinion, though technical experts may have a different assessment," Jupally Krishna Rao stated at a press conference in Gandhi Bhavan on Friday.
A section of the SLBC tunnel collapsed on February 22, trapping eight workers inside. Around 600 personnel from 12 different departments are engaged in the rescue operations.