Minister Uttam Kumar Reddy on SLBC Tunnel Rescue : ఎస్ఎల్బీసీ సొరంగ మార్గంలో చిక్కుకున్న ఎనిమిది మందిని కాపాడేందుకు అన్ని రకాలుగా ప్రయత్నిస్తున్నామని నీటిపారుదల శాఖా మంత్రి ఉత్తమ్ కుమార్ రెడ్డి తెలిపారు. రేపు ఉదయం సహాయక చర్యలు వేగవంతం అవుతాయన్నారు. ప్రస్తుతం సొరంగంలోకి పెద్ద ఎత్తున వచ్చిన బురదను తొలగించే పనిలో ఉన్నట్లు తెలిపారు. ఇప్పటికే 33.5 కి.మీ పనులు పూర్తయ్యాయని, మరో 9.5 కి.మీ పనులు పూర్తి చేయాల్సి ఉందన్నారు. రేపు సాయంత్రం వరకు స్పష్టత వచ్చే అవకాశం ఉందని పేర్కొన్నారు.
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00:00Eight people got stuck in the tunnel due to the SLBC tunnel incident.
00:05The Minister of Water Resources, Mr. Uttam Kumar Reddy, has been there since morning.
00:08He came to Hyderabad and met with the Chief Minister, Mr. Revan Reddy.
00:11We got to know more about the incident from the Minister.
00:16Mr. Uttam Kumar Reddy, you actually stayed there for the entire day.
00:19What happened?
00:21I told you that you should come as an engineer and give agency.
00:23What happened?
00:24Sir, this is a very unfortunate incident.
00:28This is an ongoing work that has been going on for the past 20 years.
00:34In 2004-2005, this tunnel was closed.
00:37The water comes from 400 meters below to the district of Umbadi.
00:42Tomorrow, we will do the dewatering and desilting to save those lives.
00:47How many people are healthy?
00:49We have no idea about that.
00:51Oxygen is available.
00:53But we don't know what condition they are in.
00:56We don't know what condition they will be in by tomorrow evening.
01:00This is a very unfortunate incident.
01:02Since the beginning of the construction of this tunnel,
01:04there have been small cracks in the walls.
01:07They have been grouting the cracks and moving forward.
01:10This has been going on for the past 5 years.
01:12Now, to save the lives of 8 people,
01:16the Chief Minister, myself and the entire irrigation department are involved in this work.
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