Hyderabad, Mar 1 (UNI) The rescue operation to trace the eight trapped persons, about 14 km inside the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel at Domalpenta in Nagarkurnool district, entered the final stage on Saturday.
The trapped persons could be found mostly today, as the National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) team which scanned different locations in the tunnel using the Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) System, traced some soft material under the debris at five locations, according to reliable sources here.
Accordingly the rescue teams headed towards the identified locations to clear the debris and silt and eventually to pull out the workers, the sources said.
A few ambulances were kept ready near the mishap site and the officials from different departments, especially Police and Health, have also been alerted but officials are tight-lipped over the latest development.
They are likely to make a formal announcement this evening over the rescue operation.
A portion of the SLBC tunnel had collapsed on February 22 and eight workers were trapped inside the tunnel.
Nearly 600 personnel from 12 different departments have taken up the rescue operation.
Rescue teams from NDRF, SDRF, Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL), HYDRA, Defence, Navy, South Central Railway(SCR) and Rat Miners were focusing on five locations identified by NGRI to locate the workers.
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