<p>Nagarkurnool: The search operation to locate seven persons trapped inside the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/telangana/telangana-tunnel-collapse-search-ops-underway-to-locate-seven-missing-persons-3446557">partially collapsed</a> Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) since February 22 gathered pace with teams and equipment went inside the tunnel on Sunday, official sources said.</p>.<p>An autonomous hydraulic-powered robot is being used to remove soil, along with equipment such as a 30 HP capacity liquid ring vacuum pump and a vacuum tank machine, which facilitate the quick removal of soil and other debris inside the tunnel, accelerating the search operation, an official release said on Saturday.</p>.<p>Approximately 620 cubic meters of soil and muck can be removed from the tunnel per hour using a conveyor belt, it added.</p>.<p>Teams from the Army, National Disaster Response Force, State Disaster Response Force, human remains detection dogs (HRDD), state-run miner Singareni Collieries, a Hyderabad-based robotics company, and other agencies have been actively involved in the mission.</p>.'No decision made yet': Telangana's Union Ministers defend Centre amid language, delimitation row.<p>The search operation has been ongoing round-the-clock, including de-watering efforts.</p>.<p>The body of Gurpreet Singh, who worked as a Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) operator, was recovered on March 9 and handed over to his family members in Punjab.</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: The search operation to locate seven persons trapped inside the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/telangana/telangana-tunnel-collapse-search-ops-underway-to-locate-seven-missing-persons-3446557">partially collapsed</a> Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) since February 22 gathered pace with teams and equipment went inside the tunnel on Sunday, official sources said.</p>.<p>An autonomous hydraulic-powered robot is being used to remove soil, along with equipment such as a 30 HP capacity liquid ring vacuum pump and a vacuum tank machine, which facilitate the quick removal of soil and other debris inside the tunnel, accelerating the search operation, an official release said on Saturday.</p>.<p>Approximately 620 cubic meters of soil and muck can be removed from the tunnel per hour using a conveyor belt, it added.</p>.<p>Teams from the Army, National Disaster Response Force, State Disaster Response Force, human remains detection dogs (HRDD), state-run miner Singareni Collieries, a Hyderabad-based robotics company, and other agencies have been actively involved in the mission.</p>.'No decision made yet': Telangana's Union Ministers defend Centre amid language, delimitation row.<p>The search operation has been ongoing round-the-clock, including de-watering efforts.</p>.<p>The body of Gurpreet Singh, who worked as a Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) operator, was recovered on March 9 and handed over to his family members in Punjab.</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>