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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