A tunnel collapsed in Telangana leading to eight people being trapped under the debris about 14 km inside.
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The Hindu
There seems to be no end in sight to the agonising wait of family members of eight persons trapped under the debris about 14 km inside the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel from February 22 morning as the debris and mud removal work to trace those trapped is stretching on, despite the conveyor belt becoming functional on Tuesday (March 4, 2025) evening.
The belt It runs almost till the tail end of the tunnel boring machine (TBM) – which is at the end of the 13.9 km long tunnel. While the tunnel is excavated till 13.95 km so far, the conveyor belt runs for distance of about 13.8 km.
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The task of cutting the tunnel boring machine (TBM) which was damaged badly in the roof collapse, shifting of that debris and removal of mud in the last 20 metres stretch of the tunnel excavated so far remains highly challenging, though the conveyor belt has been restored after 10 days of hard work, a senior official involved in the rescue work said.
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After a portion of the tunnel collapsed on February 22, 2025, the teams trying to trace the eight people trapped inside faced a challenge in clearing slush, debris including metal as the conveyor belt was dysfunctional. The slush and debris posed a huge challenge to the rescue work.
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