Hyderabad, Oct. 4 -- The excavation work on the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) has overcome a major hurdle by successfully moving beyond the problem stretch where eight workers had lost their lives after a tunnel cave-in during February last year.

The breakthrough will allow the government to achieve their target of completing the irrigation project by June 2028.

The 44-km-long SLBC tunnel is a critical irrigation and drinking water initiative in Telangana, which aims to transfer Krishna River water from the Srisailam reservoir to drought-prone Nalgonda and Nagarkurnool districts.

Conducting a review meeting on Sunday, October 4, Irrigation Minister Uttam Kumar Reddy commended the efforts of the officials involved in the project. He ...