According to the Hindu, referring to news spreading on social media that dead bodies were found in SLBC tunnel, Nagarkurnool collector Badavath Santhosh said that it is fake news. The rescue efforts are continuing to trace the people trapped.
According to the Hindu, referring to news spreading on social media that dead bodies were found in SLBC tunnel, Nagarkurnool collector Badavath Santhosh said that it is fake news. The rescue efforts are continuing to trace the people trapped.
South Central Railway has joined the rescue teams that are engaged in locating the eight persons who remain trapped in the partially collapsed SLBC tunnel for the past six days, with necessary equipment, a senior official said on Friday.
Railways has the expertise in cutting heavy metals using equipment such as plasma cutter and Brocho cutting machine, South Central Railway (SCR) Chief Public Relations officer A Sridhar said.
"District Collector, Nagar Kurnool sought the help of South Central Railway in rescue operation by clearing iron and steel debris that have been hindering the rescue works at the site,바카라 A Sridhar told PTI.
He further said that the SCR quickly responded to the call and deployed two teams of metal cutting experts in the rescue mission. The first batch led by S Murali, Divisional Mechanical Engineer, consisting a senior Section Engineer, 13 Welders and two technicians from Secunderabad have reached the site and have taken up the required works. The second batch of experts also reached the site to support the first team, last night, he further said.
(Source: PTI)
Nagarkurnool Superintendent of Police Vaibhav Gaikwad said the metal cutting and debris clearing process is continuously going on.
"One team went into the tunnel at 7 AM. The clearing of debris has been going on since yesterday morning. Dewatering is also going on," he said.
Telangana irrigation Minister Uttam Kumar Reddy on Thursday said the rescue and relief operations are in full swing, and that the operation would be completed in two days.
The Minister on Wednesday said the TBM (Tunnel Boring Machine) that is struck inside will be cut into pieces by using gas cutters and removed. After this, the Army, Navy, Rat Miners and NDRF teams will make another serious effort to rescue the eight persons who are missing, without compromising their own safety.
The rescue operation to trace the missing eight workers inside the collapsed SLBC tunnel in Telangana's Nagarkurnool gained momentum, with the state government now seeking assistance from railways to remove debris. The South Central Railway (SCR) team has deployed two expert teams with advanced machinery to clear the debris.
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200 workers are expected to work in the rescue process, reports said. An officer from the rescue team said, 바카라Initially, we deployed 20 people and yesterday and today we are going to deploy 200 personnel바카라 All our rescue team personnel from Singareni are experienced in working underground and in emergency situations. So, they are experts in rock cutting.바카라
Nagarkurnool district collector Badavath Santosh said, 바카라The pace of rescue efforts was increased: water accumulated at the mishap site is being removed, debris is being cleared using plasma gas cutters. Efforts are being put in to restore the dysfunctional conveyor belt.바카라
바카라Excavators were kept ready to remove slush. Cameras and sensors are being used to constantly monitor the situation,바카라 he added.