A section of the roof collapsed in the under-construction stretch of the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel in Nagarkurnool district, Telangana, early on Saturday morning, leaving eight workers trapped inside.
Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy on Saturday expressed deep shock over the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel incident and urged swift rescue efforts.
An eyewitness, an IAF sergeant on Sunday recounted that despite announcements and efforts to convince people to avoid gathering in large numbers, the crowd remained unmanageable. He said that the administration attempted to control the crowd, but people didn't listen.
"The Indian Navy team, Indian army and NDRF have jointly started the search & rescue operation with the help of sonar equipment for the third day at the coal mine site."
The rescue operation to save a three-and-a-half-year-old girl who fell into a borewell in Rajasthan's Kiratpura village on December 23, has been ramped up, with the District Collector assuring that all possible options are currently being explored and deliberated.
Following a request from the Gujarat government, six columns of the Indian Army are conducting rescue operations in the worst-affected areas as the flood-like situation continues in parts of the state due to incessant rainfall.
Delhi police have registered a case of culpable homicide against the owner of a paint factory in Delhi's Alipur where 11 people were killed in a fire incident on Thursday evening.
A three-year-old girl who fell into a borewell in Ran village in Gujarat's Dwarka district was rescued at 9:48 PM by a rescue team and sent to hospital in an unconscious state, said officials.
According to the reports, the girl child was playing in the front yard of her family's residence when she reportedly slipped inside the open borewell around 1 pm.