Two people pulled alive from Nepal hydropower tunnel
KATHMANDU: Two people were pulled out alive on Friday from a tunnel linked to a hydropower station on the Trishuli River, nine days after a ice, rock and mud slide swept through a valley in Nepal, killing more than 1,200 people and displacing tens of thousands. Officials and rescue workers believe the August 26 collapse of a glacier on the upper reaches of the Trishuli River trapped at least 900…
On August 26, a massive ice, rock, and mud slide in Nepal triggered by a glacier collapse on the Trishuli River killed over 1,200 people and displaced tens of thousands. The disaster affected towns and villages near the border with China’s Tibet, resulting in 4,200 people still missing. Nine days later, officials and rescue workers believed that at least 900 people remained trapped in tunnels of six hydropower projects along the river.
Finally, on September 3, two workers were pulled out alive from the Upper Trishuli 3A Hydropower Station tunnel. Sanjay Sah, a mechanical foreman, and Kabir Maharjan, a mechanical supervisor, were the first to be rescued. Videos and photos showed Maharjan being brought out of a hole amid cheering bystanders, while Sah was carried out on the back of a worker and placed in a rescue tent.
Army doctors checked Sah's vitals and fitted him with an oxygen mask. Both men are in stable condition, with Sah's injuries deemed not critical. They will be taken to a hospital in Kathmandu.
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