Roof of tunnel in Telangana’s Nagarkurnool district collapsed over 30 hours ago. Teams from the National Disaster Response Force, the army, and the Singareni Collieries Co Ltd have been trying to rescue the trapped people. The trapped men are from Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, and Jammu and Kashmir. Two workers were injured when a portion of the roof of the tunnel being dug as part of the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) collapsed. Seventy people were working inside the tunnel when the roof collapsed for three meters at the 14-km point. The tunnel has been under construction for the last 20 years and when completed will supply water to about four lakh acres, the Telanganas minister said.. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday spoke to Mr Reddy over phone, and asked about the matter. PM Modi also assured all support from the central government to the state government over the matter, officials said. The rescue workers walked for another 2.5 km to reach the spot. Water in the tunnel and silt are making the rescue operation challenging.
