Body of one of the seven persons who remained trapped inside the partially collapsed SLBC project tunnel here for over a month was found on Tuesday, officials said.This takes the total number of bodies retrieved so far to two.
Nagarkurnool district Collector Badavath Santhosh told reporters that the body was found Tuesday morning.
He said “tentatively” the body has been identified to be that of Manoj Kumar, a project engineer from Uttar Pradesh.
The body was shifted to a government hospital for post mortem and other procedures as per the norms.
The Collector said the family members of the deceased would be informed about the matter. The mortal remains would be sent to the native place of the deceased as per norms.
As per the instructions of Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, an ex-gratia of Rs 25 lakh would be handed over to the family members of the deceased, he said.
The Chief Minister has directed that the search operation should continue till all the persons who were trapped in the accident are located, he said.
He also said four excavators have been deployed inside the tunnel to expedite the search operation.