Live Updates: Expert Rescue Team from Uttarkashi Tunnel Deployed at Telangana SLBC Collapse Site

Rat-hole mining, which is a method of extracting coal using small pits and pits, was prohibited in 2014 due to being non-scientific. But when the latest technology was unable to save workers trapped in the tunnel of Uttarkashi during 16 consecutive days skilled manual miners, referred to as rats miners, were enlisted. Utilizing hands-on tools they found the trapped workers and helped them escape.

The Telangana SLBC tunnel collapse that occurred on the 22nd of February left eight people trapped comprising two engineers as well as two technical staff.

Telangana tunnel collapse update

Family members of the trapped Jharkhand workers are able to leave to Telangana

The relatives from 4 employees from Jharkhand who were stuck in a collapsed part of the tunnel that runs through Telangana and went to the state's southern part this morning (February 24 2025) the officials announced.

India's top nine agencies form a unison to save lives

It's a race to the finish line as the country's top 9 agencies that are renowned for their the rescue of victims of natural disasters work round all hours to rescue the eight people stuck in the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnelin Nagarkurnool district that was sunk the previous Saturday (February 22 2025) early in the morning.

"The crack teams comprising experienced personnel from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), Indian Navy, National Hydrological Investigation agency State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), Indian Army and other related departments have been formed into a unified command to oversee the rescue operations," Telangana's Irrigation Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy informed.

Rat miners were roped in for the Telangana tunnel collapse resuce operation

A group of experienced rats, well-known by their successful rescue mission in Uttarkashi's Silkyara bend-Barkot tunnel collapse last year, reached Domalapenta within the District on Tuesday, to help in the ongoing work to repair the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel collapse site.