Telangana High Court on Monday disposed of the PIL petition seeking a direction to State government to expedite efforts to extricate the eight workers trapped inside the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel, after taking into consideration the explanation by Advocate General A. Sudershan Reddy over the steps taken by government in the matter.
The petition was filed by National Union for Migrant Workers represented by its vice-president P.V.K.K. Bhargav requesting the HC to instruct the government to initiate all steps for rescuing the workers trapped under the rubble and a host of measures such as paying compensation to the families and preparing plans to ensure such incidents do not recur.