At least six labourers were feared killed and some others trapped inside when the irrigation tunnel in which they were working caved in in Thippapur village of Illanthakunta mandal in Telangana on Wednesday.
Reports said that the tunnel work was progressing as part of the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project in the mandal. As soon as the information reached the district headquarters, Collector D. Krishna Bhaskar and SP Vishwajit Kampati and other officials rushed to the spot.