Archive · 4 Sep 2026
Major Tunnel Rescue Operations After Nepal Glacier Collapse
Rescuers in Nepal found two people alive inside a tunnel.
The tunnel was connected to a hydropower station on the Trishuli River.
They were rescued nine days after a glacier collapsed.
The collapse sent ice, rocks and mud rushing through the area.
More than 1,300 people were reported dead, while over 5,600 were missing.
The report also describes a different rescue in 2023.
In that operation, 41 workers were freed from a collapsed tunnel after 17 days.
That tunnel was part of a highway serving four Hindu pilgrimage sites in northern India.
Two survivors were pulled from a tunnel linked to a hydropower station on Nepal’s Trishuli River.
The rescue took place nine days after a glacier collapse caused a torrent of ice, rock and mud.
The disaster killed more than 1,300 people and left over 5,600 missing, according to the report.
In 2023, rescuers freed 41 workers trapped inside a collapsed Himalayan tunnel for 17 days.
The 2023 tunnel was part of India’s Char Dham highway, connecting four Hindu pilgrimage sites.
- Who
- Rescuers and survivors in Nepal; the 2023 operation involved 41 trapped workers and rescuers in India.
- What
- Two survivors were pulled from a tunnel after a glacier-collapse disaster; the report also lists the 2023 rescue of 41 tunnel workers.
- When
- The Nepal rescue occurred on Friday, nine days after the glacier collapse; the other operation occurred in 2023.
- Where
- The current rescue involved a tunnel linked to a hydropower station on Nepal’s Trishuli River. The 2023 rescue occurred in a Himalayan tunnel in northern India.
- Why
- The Nepal operation followed a glacier collapse that sent ice, rock and mud into the area; the 2023 operation responded to a collapsed tunnel.
- Current rescue location
- Tunnel linked to a hydropower station on Nepal’s Trishuli River
- Current survivors rescued
- Two
- Time before current rescue
- Nine days after the glacier collapse
- Reported deaths
- More than 1,300
- Reported missing
- Over 5,600
- 2023 workers rescued
- 41
- 2023 entrapment duration
- 17 days
- 2023 infrastructure
- A tunnel forming part of India’s Char Dham highway