Rescue teams are working tirelessly to extricate eight workers trapped in a collapsed section of the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel in Telangana’s Nagarkurnool district.Despite over 48 hours of continuous rescue efforts by the Indian Army, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), and local teams, no breakthrough has been achieved.Telangana Minister Jupally Krishna Rao said that the chances of survival of the eight persons are “very remote”, though every effort is being made to reach them, news agency PTI reported.According to the minister, rescuing the trapped individuals would take at least three to four days, as the site of the collapse is filled with muck and debris, making it a “daunting task for the rescuers”,The incident occurred on Saturday morning when a three-meter section of the tunnel’s roof caved in near Domalapenta, trapping the workers inside.The trapped individuals include two engineers, two operators, and four laborers from Uttar Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, and Jharkhand.
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