Archive · 29 May 2025
Recovery Operations to Resume at Srisailam Tunnel Collapse Zone
Imagine a tunnel that collapsed, trapping some workers.
After a break, people are going back to try and find them.
They're going to be very careful because the tunnel could fall down more.
Experts have made a plan to remove the debris safely, bit by bit, by hand.
They don't want to use machines that could cause more problems.
This will take some time to make sure they can get the debris removed and recover the workers safely.
Recovery operations are resuming in the critical 50-meter zone of the Srisailam tunnel.
Six workers are believed to have died in the tunnel collapse on February 22.
An expert committee recommended resuming recovery under strict technical guidelines.
Manual efforts will be used to remove the remaining debris.
The contractor has been directed to start work within two weeks.
- Who
- Rescue teams, experts, and the contractor JP Associates
- What
- Resuming recovery operations in the collapsed tunnel section.
- When
- Operations are set to resume within two weeks, after a suspension of over a month, following the February 22 collapse.
- Where
- Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel
- Why
- To recover the bodies of the trapped workers and clear debris
- Location
- Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel
- Event
- Collapse in a critical section of the tunnel
- Workers Trapped
- Six, believed dead
- Recovery Operations
- Set to resume after a month suspension
- Debris Volume
- 800 to 1,000 cubic meters remaining
- Contractor
- JP Associates
- Expert Committee
- GSI, NGRI, and others