Nepal: Two pulled alive from tunnel nine days after floods
Crews are racing to find hundreds more people still believed to be trapped after a glacier collapse triggered floods that killed more than 1,200 people.
Two workers have been rescued alive from the Trishuli 3A hydropower tunnel in Nepal, nine days after deadly floods buried the project in deep mud. According to People Daily Kenya and CBS News, the workers, identified as Sanjay Shah, a foreman, and Kabir Maharjan, a supervisor, were rescued from a depth of 170 metres inside the tunnel.
The rescue was confirmed by army spokesperson Brig Gen Raja Ram Basnet, who said the two men were in stable condition and have been flown to a hospital in Kathmandu. Sanjay Shah described his ordeal to rescuers, saying he was in the tunnel's control room at the time of the flood, where around 40 to 45 people were present.
The floods, which occurred on August 26, devastated towns and swept away villages in Nepal, likely caused by a glacier collapse. The Korea Times reported that at least 557 workers are missing from the Trishuli 3A hydropower project, with about 115 believed to be trapped in the main tunnel.
Brief written by urgent.news from IOL, People Daily Kenya, Euronews, CBS News, The Korea Times — 5 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
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