Rescue Operations Underway As Several Workers Trapped In Telangana's Srisailam Tunnel Collapse — IN PICS

Several workers were trapped after a section of the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel near Domalapenta in Telangana’s Nagarkurnool district collapsed on Saturday morning.

Rescue team members outside the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) project after a section of it collapsed, in Nagarkurnool district, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025. (Image Source: PTI)

As many as eight persons were trapped in a tunnel after a portion of it collapsed on Saturday in the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) project in Nagarkurnool district. (Image Source: PTI)

Rescue team members outside the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) project after a section of it collapsed, in Nagarkurnool district, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025. (Image Source: PTI)

Rescue operations are underway after a section of the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) project collapsed, in Nagarkurnool district, on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025. (Image Source: PTI)

The workers got trapped around 14 kilometers inside the tunnel of the Srisailam Left Bank Canal project after part of its roof collapsed on Saturday in the Nagakurnool district of the state. (Image Source: PTI)

National Disaster Response Force, State Disaster Response Force, Army personnel, and company employees are involved in the rescue operations. (Image Source: PTI)

On Saturday, a rescue team made headway and reached the spot where a tunnel boring machine was working during the incident. (Image Source: PTI)

Oxygen and power supply have been made available in the tunnel and dewatering and de-silting operation is also underway. However, the rescuers have not been able to establish communication with those trapped. (Image Source: PTI)

District Collector B Santhosh said on Sunday that after reaching 13.5 kilometres inside the tunnel called those trapped, but did not get any reply from them. (Image Source: PTI)

State minister Jupalli Krishna Rao on Sunday that the chances of survival for the eight people trapped inside the collapsed portion of a tunnel in Nagarkurnool District of Telangana are "not very good. (Image Source: PTI)

A 19-member team from state-owned coal mining firm, Singareni Collieries Company Ltd. (SCCL) have also been called in to provide assistance in the rescue operations. (Image Source: PTI)