- विज्ञापन -
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy on Monday directed officials to accelerate rescue operations to locate and bring out the workers trapped inside the SLBC tunnel.
The SLBC tunnel accident took place on February 22. Eight workers were trapped in the accident. One of the bodies of trapped workers – Gurpreet Singh was recovered on March 9, the statement said.
The Chief Minister instructed Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari to appoint senior IAS officer Shiva Shankar Loteti as a Special Officer to “continuously monitor the rescue operations.”
CM Revanth Reddy reviewed the progress of the ongoing rescue operations in the SLBC tunnel on Monday) at Assembly Hall.
Ministers N Uttam N Kumar Reddy, Jupally Krishna Rao, Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy, Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari and other top officials participated in the meeting.
State Special Chief Secretary to Disaster Management Arvind Kumar and Colonel Parikshit Mehra briefed the CM about the progress in the ongoing rescue operations at the accident site in the last one month. The officials informed the Chief Minister that 25 agencies including various wings of the Central and State governments as well as private organizations are engaged in the rescue operations.”A total of 700 personnel have been involved in the rescue operations.”
The official said the rescue teams are “removing” the debris of collapsed rocks, dismantling the TBM ( Tunnel Boring Machine) parts and “clearing” soil mounds, silt and seepage water from inside the tunnel. The heads of the rescue teams also made a PowerPoint presentation and explained the present situation and rescue operations in the tunnel.
