The operation to rescue the eight workers trapped in the partially collapsed Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel in Telangana’s Nagarkurnool district continued on February 27, six days after the accident. The teams engaged in rescue mission have begun cutting the part of Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) and other obstacles that are preventing them from going to the spot where they can search for the individuals. 

Telangana Minister Uttam Kumar Reddy said the TBM that is struck inside will be cut into pieces by using gas cutters and removed. After this, the Army, Navy, rat miners and NDRF teams will make another serious effort, without compromising their own safety. The irrigation minister, who held a high-level review meet said a breakthrough in reaching the trapped workers could happen very soon, Reddy said.