Another body of a worker was found by the rescue team in the early hours of Tuesday from the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel in Nagarkurnool. The tunnel collapsed on February 22nd entrapping eight workers. The body of the worker is stuck in a difficult position, and currently the teams are are doing their best to retrieve it. 

The rescue teams said, "Today, in the early morning hours, we found another dead body stuck in a position, and we are currently working to retrieve it."

The tragic incident occurred on February 22. Eight workers were trapped in the accident. One of the bodies of trapped workers - Gurpreet Singh was recovered on March 9. Revanth Reddy, CM of Telangana announced an ex-gratia of Rs 25 lakhs for the kins of the deceased.

Earlier, the Telangana Chief Minister directed officials to expedite rescue operations to locate and bring out the workers trapped inside the SLBC tunnel. The Chief Minister instructed Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari to appoint senior IAS officer Shiva Shankar Loteti as a Special Officer to "continuously monitor the rescue operations."

On Monday, CM Reddy monitored the progress of the rescue operations that is going on in the SLBC tunnel.