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Two Rescued from Nepal Hydropower Tunnel After Flash Flood
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In Short: Two workers were pulled out alive from a hydropower tunnel in Nepal nine days after deadly flash floods trapped them, with rescuers continuing to search for more missing workers.
Officials said the workers were safely rescued from tunnels that were at a depth of 170 metres Officials said the workers were safely rescued from tunnels that were at a depth of 170 metres Two people have been pulled out alive from a hydropower tunnel in Nepal nine days after deadly flash floods left them trapped.
The workers were rescued during an ongoing operation at the Trishuli 3A tunnel, a hydropower project in one of the areas worst-affected by last week’s deadly Nepal floods, according to army spokesperson Brig Gen Raja Ram Basnet.
Subsequently, another person, identified as Kabir Maharjan, was also rescued from the tunnel.
Suresh Raut, a senior official of the Nepal Electricity Authority who was at the rescue site, told the BBC that rescuers are providing oxygen to the rescued person, who authorities named as Sanjaya Shah.
About 900 workers are missing from 12 hydropower projects in Nepal, with roughly 500 believed to be trapped in tunnels, according to local authorities.
Teams are still working to rescue more people said to be trapped inside.
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- The work is ongoing using excavators and other heavy equipment to look for any survivors in the tunnels, the army said yesterday.