Rescue procedures for the caught employees in Telangana’s Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) passage advanced Sunday early morning, with the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) making development and progressing much deeper right into the passage with 8 labourers are been afraid to be caught within.|X @ANI
Nagarkurnool (Telangana): Rescue procedures for the caught employees in Telangana’s Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) passage advanced Sunday early morning, with the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) making development and progressing much deeper right into the passage with 8 labourers are been afraid to be caught within.
However, because of particles obstructing the location, the group has actually not yet had the ability to validate their precise ‘area’, as verified By NDRF authorities to ANI.
NDRF Deputy Commandant Sukhendu Datta informed ANI that the pressure has actually covered around 13.5 kilometres inside the passage, largely utilizing engines and conveyor belts.
Speaking to ANI, Datta claimed, “Yesterday around 10 PM we went within to examine what the scenario resembles. The engines were made use of to go inside the passage. From eviction of the passage, we covered around 13.5 kilometres in total amount. We covered 11 kilometres by train and after that we covered the remainder of 2 kilometres by conveyor belt and by strolling.’
The authorities included that the last 200 meters of the flattened area is totally obstructed by particles, making it tough to validate the problem or precise area of the caught employees.
“We had reached till the end of the Tunnel Boring Machine, TBM. We shouted and tried to get any reply from the trapped workers but unfortunately we could not know anything because there is a patch of around 200 meters which is filled with debris. Till the debris is cleared we cannot know the exact location of the victims,” the NDRF replacement commander claimed.
The reaction pressure is presently functioning to eliminate the gathered water inside the passage. “The patch between the 11 to 13 km is filled with water, so right now we are in the process of removing the water. When that is done, we will start the rescue operations.”” the official added.
Earlier today, both the NDRF and SDRF teams encountered severe challenges in reaching the collapsed section.
“There’s no possibility to head to the place inside the passage. It has actually totally fallen down and mud is rising to the knees. We will certainly need to take one more action,” an SDRF official said.
On Saturday morning, a three-meter section of the roof of an under-construction stretch of the SLBC tunnel collapsed at the 14 km mark near Domalapenta in Nagarkurnool district, Telangana.
The collapse occurred just four days after construction work had resumed following a lengthy hiatus. While some workers managed to escape, the eight remained trapped.
In addition to the NDRF and SDRF, an Engineer Regiment of the Indian Army, under the Infantry Division at Secunderabad, has been placed on standby with an Excavator Dozer to assist in the rescue efforts.
Upon receiving a request from the Chief Secretary of Telangana, the Army quickly mobilized its Engineer Task Force (ETF) for the critical rescue operation. The ETF is equipped with specialized engineering teams, a medical detachment from the Field Ambulance of the Army Medical Corps, an ambulance with three high-capacity pumping sets, armoured hoses, and other essential equipment.
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