Tunnel collapse: South Central Railway joins rescue groups with metallic cutters

In the meantime, Nagarkurnool superintendent of police Vaibhav Gaikwad mentioned the metallic chopping and particles clearing course of is constantly occurring.

“One staff went into the tunnel at 7 am. The clearing of particles has been occurring since yesterday morning. Dewatering can also be occurring,” he mentioned.

Telangana irrigation minister Uttam Kumar Reddy on Thursday mentioned the rescue and reduction operations are in full swing, and that the operation can be accomplished in two days.

The Minister on Wednesday mentioned the TBM (Tunnel Boring Machine) that’s struck inside will likely be minimize into items through the use of gasoline cutters and eliminated. After this, the Military, Navy, Rat Miners and NDRF groups will make one other critical effort to rescue the eight individuals who’re lacking, with out compromising their very own security.

Eight personnel engaged on the Srisailam Left Financial institution Canal (SLBC) tunnel mission had been trapped after a portion of the tunnel collapsed on 22 February.

The trapped individuals have been recognized as Manoj Kumar (UP), Sri Niwas (UP), Sunny Singh (J&Okay), Gurpreet Singh (Punjab) and Sandeep Sahu, Jegta Xess, Santosh Sahu and Anuj Sahau, all from Jharkhand.

Of the eight, two are engineers, two are operators and the remaining 4 are labourers from Jharkhand.

The 2 engineers and 4 labourers are employed by Jaiprakash Associates, the contracting agency of SLBC tunnel mission.