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  "id": 5510731,
  "title": "Why finding missing workers from Nepal's hydropower tunnels is proving to be difficult",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/why-finding-missing-workers-from-nepals-hydropower-tunnels-is-proving-5510731",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-04T07:17:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20260904/why-finding-missing-workers-from-nepals-hydropower-tunnels-is-proving-to-be-difficult"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "NEW DELHI — In a tragic incident, two workers were rescued from a submerged hydropower tunnel in Nepal after nine days of the disaster that has claimed over 1,200 lives across Nepal and China. The survivors were pulled alive on Friday from the Trishuli 3A hydropower project situated along the Trishuli River. One of the rescued men reportedly informed rescuers that more individuals remain alive inside the tunnel. As of now, at least 900 workers are missing from various hydropower projects, with approximately 500 presumed to be trapped within the tunnels, according to officials and industry representatives.\n\nAccess to the tunnels has been hampered by relentless flooding, piles of debris, and damaged infrastructure, posing significant challenges for rescue teams attempting to reach the trapped workers. Rescuers are methodically scouring the tunnels, which are laden with debris, aided by foreign experts. The teams have been laboring in several hydropower projects, navigating through dark, debris-filled tunnels, wading through muck, and scrambling over rocks in a desperate search for the missing workers.\n\nMohan Kumar Dangi, president of the Independent Power Producers Association of Nepal, disclosed that floods have inflicted damage to at least 12 hydropower projects in Rasuwa and Nuwako districts, exacerbating the rescue situation.",
  "summary": "NEW DELHI — Two workers have been rescued from a flooded hydropower tunnel in Nepal, nine days after the disaster that has killed more than 1,200 people across Nepal and China. The men were pulled alive on Friday from the Trishuli 3A hydropower project along the Trishuli River. Officials said one of the survivors told rescuers that more people were still alive inside the tunnel. At least 900…",
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Why finding missing workers from Nepal's hydropower tunnels is proving to be difficult",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/why-finding-missing-workers-from-nepals-hydropower-tunnels-is-proving",
        "published": "2026-09-04T07:02:03.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Video: Workers rescued from hydro tunnel nine days after Nepal flooding",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/video-workers-rescued-from-hydro-tunnel-nine-days-after-nepal-flooding",
        "published": "2026-09-04T07:46:48.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Search ongoing for nine missing Singaporeans in Nepal; MFA working with local authorities",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/search-ongoing-for-nine-missing-singaporeans-in-nepal-mfa-working",
        "published": "2026-09-04T08:13:40.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Ajel English",
        "title": "Nepal flood death toll rises to 1,287, over 5,000 missing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/nepal-flood-death-toll-rises-to-1-287-over-5-000-missing",
        "published": "2026-09-04T08:36:39.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "France 24",
        "title": "#Nepal: Two flood survivors rescued from hydropower tunnel",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/nepal-two-flood-survivors-rescued-from-hydropower-tunnel",
        "published": "2026-09-04T09:38:17.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Nepal flood death toll rises to 1,287, with 5,083 missing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/nepal-flood-death-toll-rises-to-1-287-with-5-083-missing",
        "published": "2026-09-04T09:45:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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