It’s a race against time as the country’s top nine agencies renowned for handling rescue operations during natural disasters are working round the clock to the save the eight persons stuck inside the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel in Nagarkurnool district, a part of which collapsed on Saturday (February 22, 2025) morning.
“The crack teams comprising experienced personnel from the Indian Army, Indian Navy, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), National Hydrological Investigation agency and other related departments have been formed into a unified command to oversee the rescue operations,” Telangana Irrigation Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy told The Hindu. Read more
