A second body was discovered inside the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel on Tuesday. The body, yet to be identified, was located 50 metres away from the conveyor belt where workers had been performing maintenance work prior to the incident.
This discovery comes more than a month after eight workers were trapped inside the tunnel on February 22. The body of one of the workers, Gurpreet Singh, was recovered on March 9. However, the fate of the remaining six workers has remained uncertain, despite ongoing rescue efforts.
Rescue operations, now in their 32nd day, continue as teams work tirelessly to locate the missing individuals.
Authorities have confirmed that they are still in the process of identifying the newly recovered body and have not released further details.
The authorities remain hopeful of making progress in the coming days. Multiple agencies, including NDRF, SDRF, SCCL, Anvi Robotics and other teams are actively engaged in the rescue operations.