Hyderabad: Telangana CM Revanth Reddy left for the SLBC tunnel in a chopper from the Begumpet airport on Monday, November 3. Accompanied by cabinet ministers N Uttam Kumar Reddy and Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, the CM will launch the aerial electromagnetic survey for SLBC tunnel works, part of which had collapsed earlier in February.

On February 22, a portion of the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel in Nagarkurnool collapsed, locking eight workers, including two engineers, inside the debris and slush. Eight persons–engineers and labourers were trapped under the collapsed roof of the SLBC tunnel since then. Rescue operation with experts from 11 agencies including the Indian Army, NDRF, SDRF, GSI, SCCL, fire services, police, irrigation department, NGRI, HYDRAA, SCR plasma cutters, Rat

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