Hyderabad, Feb 25 (IANS) Telangana’s main opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) on Tuesday demanded a judicial probe into the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel accident. BRS Working President K.T. Rama Rao demanded the immediate constitution of a judicial commission led by a sitting High Court judge to investigate the collapse of the tunnel. Alleging … Read more
Hyderabad, Feb 25 (IANS) Rescue teams involved in the intensive operation to pull out eight persons trapped in an under-construction tunnel which collapsed in Telangana’s Nagarkurnool district for three days are re-drawing the strategy to move forward in the last stretch of 40-50 metres. Facing several hurdles, the authorities have roped in experts from the … Read more
Hyderabad, Feb 25 (IANS) Three days after a portion of an under-construction tunnel collapsed in Telangana’s Nagarkurnool district, rescue operation continued for the eight trapped workers. Multiple teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Army and other agencies continued their efforts on Tuesday even as hopes of finding survivors receding fast. More than 72 … Read more
Hyderabad, Feb 24 (IANS) The operation in Telangana’s Nagarkurnool district to rescue eight trapped workers from an under-construction tunnel, a part of which collapsed on Saturday, continued on Monday night with no sign of survivors. More than 60 hours after a portion of the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel collapsed, the fate of eight … Read more
Hyderabad, Feb 24 (IANS) Two teams of construction major Larsen & Toubro with advanced equipment on Monday joined the operation to rescue eight trapped workers from an under-construction tunnel, a portion of which collapsed on February 22 in Telangana’s Nagarkurnool district. L&T, which has the experience of the rescue operation in Uttarakhand, has brought endoscopic … Read more
Hyderabad, Feb 24 (IANS) Hopes of finding eight trapped workers alive from an under-construction tunnel in Telangana’s Nagarkurnool district were receding even as teams from NDRF, Army and other agencies continued rescue operations on Monday. More than 48 hours after a portion of the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel collapsed, the fate of eight … Read more
Hyderabad, Feb 23 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi spoke to Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy over the phone on Sunday morning about the ongoing rescue operations to save eight trapped persons in the SLBC tunnel in Nagarkurnool district. According to the Chief Minister’s Office, during the nearly 20-minute update, CM Revanth Reddy illustrated … Read more
Hyderabad, Feb 5 (IANS) Three workers were killed in a wall collapse on a construction site in Hyderabad on Wednesday. Another worker was injured in the incident that occurred in LB Nagar. According to police, the incident occurred when the workers were engaged in digging a pit for the cellar of an under-construction building of … Read more
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) The death toll from the Burari building collapse reached three after one body was recovered from the debris, according to rescue officials. The tragic incident occurred in Kaushik Enclave, Burari, when a four-storey building collapsed around 6:30 p.m., trapping several people under the debris. The victims included two minors — … Read more