<p>Nagarkurnool: A robot equipped with an AI-based camera joined the operation on Tuesday to locate the seven people trapped inside the partially collapsed Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel since February 22.</p><p>A team from a <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/hyderabad">Hyderabad</a>-based robotics company, along with a robot equipped with an AI-based camera, entered the tunnel on Tuesday morning. Additionally, 110 rescue personnel were deployed, an official statement said.</p><p>The Telangana government has decided to deploy robots to minimise risks to rescue personnel, as water and slush inside the tunnel pose significant challenges.</p>.T'gana tunnel collapse: Body of TBM operator sent to native place in Punjab, rescue ops continue.<p>State Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy announced on March 8 that the government would spend Rs 4 crore to carry out the operation with the help of robotics experts from the Hyderabad-based private company.</p><p>Fragments of the massive Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), submerged under water, soil, and debris inside the tunnel, have posed a major hazard to the rescue team, he said.</p><p>Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, who visited the tunnel on March 2, suggested that officials use robots inside the tunnel if necessary to ensure the safety of rescue personnel.</p><p>As part of efforts to locate the missing individuals, rescue personnel once again deployed Human Remains Detection Dogs (HRDD) at the accident site, an official release said.</p><p>State Special Chief Secretary (Disaster Management) Arvind Kumar, who has been overseeing the search operation, held a meeting on Tuesday with officials from various agencies involved in the rescue efforts.</p><p>The search operations continue with teams from the NDRF, state-run miner Singareni Collieries, rat miners, and others working at specific locations identified by cadaver dogs and radar surveys.</p><p>Rescue personnel, guided by Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) surveys conducted by scientists from the National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) in Hyderabad, are focusing their efforts on suspected locations.</p><p>The search is also being supported by HRDDs from the Kerala Police.</p><p>Two days ago, rescue personnel recovered the body of Gurpreet Singh, a Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) operator who worked for a foreign company involved in the tunnel project. His body was transported to his native place in Punjab in a hearse van.</p><p>The Telangana government has provided an ex-gratia of Rs 25 lakh to his family.</p><p>Apart from Gurpreet Singh, the seven others still trapped include Manoj Kumar (Uttar Pradesh), Sunny Singh (Jammu & Kashmir), Gurpreet Singh (Punjab), and Sandeep Sahu, Jegta Xess, and Anuj Sahu, all from Jharkhand.</p><p>The eight individuals—comprising engineers and labourers—got trapped in the SLBC project tunnel after a portion of it collapsed on February 22. </p>
<p>Nagarkurnool: A robot equipped with an AI-based camera joined the operation on Tuesday to locate the seven people trapped inside the partially collapsed Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel since February 22.</p><p>A team from a <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/hyderabad">Hyderabad</a>-based robotics company, along with a robot equipped with an AI-based camera, entered the tunnel on Tuesday morning. Additionally, 110 rescue personnel were deployed, an official statement said.</p><p>The Telangana government has decided to deploy robots to minimise risks to rescue personnel, as water and slush inside the tunnel pose significant challenges.</p>.T'gana tunnel collapse: Body of TBM operator sent to native place in Punjab, rescue ops continue.<p>State Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy announced on March 8 that the government would spend Rs 4 crore to carry out the operation with the help of robotics experts from the Hyderabad-based private company.</p><p>Fragments of the massive Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM), submerged under water, soil, and debris inside the tunnel, have posed a major hazard to the rescue team, he said.</p><p>Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, who visited the tunnel on March 2, suggested that officials use robots inside the tunnel if necessary to ensure the safety of rescue personnel.</p><p>As part of efforts to locate the missing individuals, rescue personnel once again deployed Human Remains Detection Dogs (HRDD) at the accident site, an official release said.</p><p>State Special Chief Secretary (Disaster Management) Arvind Kumar, who has been overseeing the search operation, held a meeting on Tuesday with officials from various agencies involved in the rescue efforts.</p><p>The search operations continue with teams from the NDRF, state-run miner Singareni Collieries, rat miners, and others working at specific locations identified by cadaver dogs and radar surveys.</p><p>Rescue personnel, guided by Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) surveys conducted by scientists from the National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) in Hyderabad, are focusing their efforts on suspected locations.</p><p>The search is also being supported by HRDDs from the Kerala Police.</p><p>Two days ago, rescue personnel recovered the body of Gurpreet Singh, a Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) operator who worked for a foreign company involved in the tunnel project. His body was transported to his native place in Punjab in a hearse van.</p><p>The Telangana government has provided an ex-gratia of Rs 25 lakh to his family.</p><p>Apart from Gurpreet Singh, the seven others still trapped include Manoj Kumar (Uttar Pradesh), Sunny Singh (Jammu & Kashmir), Gurpreet Singh (Punjab), and Sandeep Sahu, Jegta Xess, and Anuj Sahu, all from Jharkhand.</p><p>The eight individuals—comprising engineers and labourers—got trapped in the SLBC project tunnel after a portion of it collapsed on February 22. </p>