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Nepal, India Near Final Stage of Chilime Tunnel Rescue
Rescue teams from Nepal and India are trying to reach six workers trapped underground.
The workers are believed to be inside a powerhouse connected to the Chilime tunnel.
The teams are almost finished clearing a blocked part of the tunnel.
They are using large machines to move earth and rocks.
Water flowing inside the tunnel has made the work harder.
Mud pumps are being used to remove the water.
The teams planned to continue working on Tuesday.
The rescue follows flash floods that killed about 1,400 people and left more than 5,000 missing in Nepal.
Nepalese and Indian rescue teams are close to clearing the blocked Chilime tunnel section.
Six workers are believed to be trapped near an underground powerhouse.
Excavators, loaders, wheel loaders and mud pumps are being used in the operation.
Water inflow and large boulders have slowed efforts to clear the tunnel.
The operation follows deadly flash floods that struck northern and central Nepal on August 26.
- Who
- Nepalese and Indian rescue teams, with information provided by Indian Ambassador to Nepal Naveen Srivastava.
- What
- Teams are clearing a blocked section of the Chilime tunnel to reach six workers believed to be trapped.
- Where
- The operation is at the Chilime tunnel and underground powerhouse in Nuwakot, Nepal.
- When
- The update was given Monday, September 15; clearing work was expected to continue Tuesday.
- Why
- The teams are trying to reach and rescue the trapped workers.
Key facts
- Rescue location
- Chilime tunnel and an underground powerhouse in Nuwakot, Nepal
- People trapped
- Six workers are believed to be trapped
- Countries involved
- Nepal and India
- Main obstacles
- Water inflow and large boulders inside the tunnel
- Equipment used
- Excavators, loaders, wheel loaders and mud pumps
- Flood date
- August 26
- Wider disaster toll
- Around 1,400 people were killed and more than 5,000 remain missing
Sources
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