Hyderabad:
Telangana minister Jupali Krishna Rao said on Monday that two days ago, the possibility of eight persons stuck in the SLBC tunnel after partially collapse is “very remote”, although every effort is being made to reach them. Is.
He also mentioned that a team of rat miners, who had rescued the construction workers trapped in the Silakara Bend-Barkot tunnel in Uttarakhand in 2023, have joined the rescue teams to evacuate men.
The minister said that it would take at least three to four days to save the trapped persons, as the accident site is filled with mute and debris, making it a difficult task for the rescue team.
“To be honest, the possibility of their existence is very, very, very, very remote. Because, I myself went to the end, about 50 meters at a distance of about 50 meters (accidental site). When we took pictures, the end (when we took pictures ( The end (end (in the tunnel) was visible.
“When we shouted his names too, there was no response … so, there is no chance,” he said.
People who have been trapped in the collapsing tunnel for the last 48 hours for the last 48 hours, Uttar Pradesh, Sunny Singh (Jammu and Kashmir), Gurpreet Singh (Punjab) and Sandeep Sahu, Jigta Axa, Santosh, Santosh, Santosh, Santosh , Santosh, Sahu and Anuj Sahu, all from Jharkhand.
Of the eight, two engineers, two operators and four are laborers.
Krishna Rao said that the process of cleaning the debris is going on with many machinery.
According to him, the tunnel boring machine (TBM), which weighs a few hundred tons, became about 200 meters after collapse and almost flushed due to water water.
“Even, even assuming that they (trapped person) are at the bottom of the TBM machine, where it is intact on top, where is the air (oxygen) below, below, below. How oxygen will go, “he asked. However, oxygen and oceing pumping have been continuously done.
“To remove all debris and all, despite all kinds of efforts, all types of organizations (work), I think it is not less than 3-4 days (to remove people) , “Rao, Rao, Rao, who had taken care of rescue operations with Irrigation Minister Uttam Kumar Reddy.
Rao said that the conveyor belt was being restored in the tunnel to clean the debris.
Despite the tireless efforts by the Indian Army, NDRF, and other agencies, no success has been achieved in rescue operations so far to evacuate eight persons who are trapped inside the tunnel for more than 48 hours. The Left Bank Canal (SLBC) project on Saturday in Nagarcorn district of Telangana.
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