Exclusive-How two men survived nine days in a Nepal flood tunnel
By Saurabh Sharma, Sarita Chaganti Singh and Sahana Bajracharya NUWAKOT/KATHMANDU/UPPER TRISHULI 3A HYDROPOWER STATION, Sept 8 (Reuters) - A delirious Kabir Maharjan drifted in and out of consciousness in a pool of muddy water in complete darkness, trapped for nine days in a tunnel beneath the wreckage of Nepal's worst flood disaster in decades. When he finally awoke at a hospital after a miracle…
Kabir Maharjan and Sanjay Sah, two men, survived for nine days in a tunnel beneath the wreckage of Nepal's worst flood disaster in decades. They were trapped in an air-filled chamber after a glacier collapsed above Nepal's Trishuli valley on August 26, unleashing a wall of mud and water that killed over 1,300 people.
According to lawmaker Shri Ram Neupane, a veteran tunnel engineer who helped lead the rescue effort, Maharjan and Sah were among hundreds of hydropower workers believed to have been buried in the disaster. When Maharjan was finally rescued and taken to a hospital, he was delirious and did not recognise his wife, asking her why she had not given him a bed sooner.
The men's rescue has given hope to search teams working in the devastated valley that some of the 121 workers still believed to be trapped in tunnels may be alive. Channel News Asia reported that Maharjan and Sah's survival against the odds has boosted the morale of search teams.
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