A portion of the tunnel being dug as part of Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) collapsed near Domalapenta. At least two workers were injured and eight others were trapped. Rescue teams have reached closer to the point where the tunnel roof collapsed. The trapped men are from Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir. The tunnel boring machine was badly damaged in the accident. The state government had recently resumed the construction work on the tunnel to complete the long-pending project. The construction firm had started work four days ago and on Saturday morning 50 workers entered the tunnel for the work. The accident occurred at the 14th km point in the tunnel in Telangana’s Nagarkurnool district. The workers who came out said they heard an explosion, which could be a geological disturbance,’ said the state irrigation minister. “The government is making all possible efforts to rescue the trapped persons. We are getting the best tunnel experts in the country to oversee the rescue effort,” he said.
