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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - A general view shows a section of the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) project tunnel, a day after a portion of the tunnel collapsed at Nagarkurnool district in India's Telangana state on February 23, 2025. Search teams in southern India were working on February 23, to rescue eight workers believed to be trapped in an irrigation tunnel that collapsed during construction, officials said. — AFP pic
NEW DELHI, Feb 24 — Search teams had little chance of safely rescuing eight workers trapped inside an irrigation tunnel in southern India after it collapsed during construction on the weekend, a minister said today.
The accident occurred Saturday in the state of Telangana after a sudden inflow of water and soil caused a part of the tunnel to cave in.
“Chances of survival I can’t predict. (But) chances are not that good,” state tourism minister Jupally Krishna Rao told reporters.
Rao said 42 workers swam to safety shortly after the collapse, adding that rescuers had called out to trapped workers through the rubble but not received any response.
A general view shows a section of the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) project tunnel, a day after a portion of the tunnel collapsed at Nagarkurnool district in India's Telangana state on February 23, 2025. — AFP pic
He said rescue teams were working around the clock to remove the debris and another 100 metres were left to be cleared.
“We are not sparing any effort,” Rao said.
Accidents on large infrastructure construction sites are common in India.
In 2023, 41 Indian workers were rescued after a marathon 17-day operation helped pull them out of a partly collapsed Himalayan road tunnel in the northern state of Uttarakhand. — AFP
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