Photos: Rescue ops underway at collapsed SLBC tunnel in Telangana

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Nagarkurnool: South Central Railway has joined the rescue teams that are engaged in locating the eight persons who remain trapped in the partially collapsed SLBC tunnel for the past six days, with necessary equipment, a senior official said on Friday.

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In this image posted by @UttamINC via X on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, Telangana Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy with others amid rescue operation at the Srisailam Left Bank Canal tunnel, part of which collapsed trapping eight persons, in Nagarkurnool district. (@UttamINC on X via PTI Photo) Nagarkurnool: Rescue operation underway to trace workers trapped inside the partially collapsed Telangana’s Srisailam Left Bank Canal tunnel, in Nagarkurnool, Telangana, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (PTI Photo)
Nagarkurnool: Telangana Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy, left, addresses a press conference over rescue operation for the tunnel collapse, in Nagarkurnool district, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. Reddy on Wednesday said the whole rescue operation to extricate eight persons who remain trapped in the SLBC tunnel after it partially collapsed on Saturday, will be completed in two days with increased pace of action as it has been decided to go into the silt in search of the trapped men. (PTI Photo)

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