Whereabouts of 4 trappedpersons located withradar at SLBC tunnel

 

 

 

IN A breakthrough in the tunnel collapse rescue operation in Telangana that has been going on for a week, the whereabouts of four of the total eight persons trapped has been located, State Excise Minister Jupally Krishna Rao said on Saturday. Krishna Rao, who attended a meeting with officials involved in the rescue operation along withIrrigationMinisterN Uttam Kumar Reddy, said there was lot of progress during the last couple of days. “In my view, the whereabouts of four persons have been located through radar,” he told reporters at the tunnel. He expressed hope they would be extricated by Sunday evening.

 

The other four appeared havebeen stuck beneath the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), he said. Asked about the condition of the four whose whereabouts have been found,theMinisterrecalledhe had said on the first day itself that the chances of survival areremote. The 450 ft tall TBM was beingcut, he said. The personnel of about 11agenciesareinvolvedintheoperation. Referring to the criticismof Opposition parties that theoperation is getting delayed, Krishna Rao said those involvedinthe endeavour are expertsbutthe rescue work is complex inview of the conditions, including slush, inside the tunnel.