Telangana: Rahul Gandhi expresses concern over tunnel roof collapse incident

The Congress is in energy in Telangana.

Eight individuals have been trapped in a tunnel after a bit of it collapsed within the Srisailam Left Financial institution Canal (SLBC) challenge on Saturday, 22 February.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assured Telangana chief minister A. Revanth Reddy of all doable help from the Centre for the continuing rescue efforts.

Along with the deployment of NDRF and SDRF groups, Modi has supplied the help of specialists from the Silkyara rescue operation, which took 17 days to efficiently extract 41 trapped staff from a collapsed tunnel in Uttarakhand final yr.

Groups of NDRF and SDRF have reached the spot and a crew of military personnel is on its approach, a senior police official instructed PTI.

The trapped people, together with two website engineers, stay contained in the collapsed part of the tunnel, whereas challenges equivalent to slush and darkness hinder the rescue efforts. Authorities proceed to work tirelessly to convey them to security.

With PTI inputs