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Voices Heard Inside Nepal Hydropower Plant After Eight Days
Rescuers in Nepal are trying to save workers trapped inside a hydropower plant.
They heard voices coming from a tunnel, which may mean people are still alive.
The workers have been trapped for eight days.
Flash floods and landslides caused the emergency.
Forty-two workers are still unaccounted for at the Trishuli 3A plant.
The tunnel to the underground powerhouse is more than four kilometers long.
Rescue teams are drilling through it to reach the workers.
Medical specialists have been sent to help if anyone is found.
Rescuers heard voices inside the Trishuli 3A hydropower plant tunnel, according to a local police chief.
The discovery is the first reported sign of life since flash floods and landslides struck eight days earlier.
Forty-two workers remain unaccounted for at the Trishuli 3A plant in Nepal’s Nuwakot district.
Rescue crews are drilling into a tunnel leading to the underground powerhouse, which extends more than four kilometers.
A specialized medical team was sent to the site as rescue efforts continued around the clock.
- Who
- Rescuers are searching for 42 unaccounted-for workers at the Trishuli 3A hydropower plant.
- What
- Rescuers reported hearing voices inside a tunnel where workers are believed to be trapped.
- Where
- The rescue effort is taking place at the Trishuli 3A hydropower plant in Nuwakot district, Nepal.
- When
- The voices were heard eight days after flash floods and landslides struck the facilities.
- Why
- The workers became trapped after sudden floodwaters, flash floods, and landslides hit several Himalayan energy facilities.
Key facts
- Workers unaccounted for
- 42 at the Trishuli 3A hydropower plant
- Time trapped
- Eight days
- Tunnel length
- More than 4 kilometers (2.5 miles)
- Reported breakthrough
- Rescuers heard voices from inside the tunnel
- Rescue location
- Trishuli 3A hydropower plant, Nuwakot district, Nepal
- Medical response
- A specialized medical team was dispatched to the scene
- Rescue conditions
- Round-the-clock operations under treacherous conditions
Quotes
Bipin Regmi
Police chief for Nuwakot district
“rescuers heard voices”
wionews.com
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