Rescue teams continued their search operation in the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel for the 18th day. Officials said extensive discussions were held on the procedures to be followed, the use of robotics and mechanical equipment, the debris removal process, and safety measures to accelerate the rescue operations. The search operation continued in the last 70 metres of the 14-km-long tunnel, where the eight workers were trapped after a portion of the tunnel roof collapsed on the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) on February 22. The seven persons yet to be traced are Manoj Kumar and Sri Niwas, Sunny Singh (Jammu and Kashmir) and Sandeep Sahu, Jegta Xess, Santosh Sahu and Anuj Sahu,. all from Jharkhand. The body was identified as that of TBM operator Gurpreet Singh, who hailed from Punjab. The 40-year-old was working for Robbins Company, which supplies and operates tunnel boring machines.