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Two Workers Rescued Alive From Nepal Hydropower Tunnel
A major flood hit Nepal on August 26 and trapped workers inside several hydropower tunnels.
Nine days later, rescuers found and brought out two workers alive from the Trishuli 3A tunnel.
The workers were named Kabir Maharjan and Sanjay Shah.
Shah works as a mechanical foreman for the Nepal Electricity Authority.
Rescuers are giving medical attention and oxygen to those who were brought out.
People inside the tunnel have reportedly answered the rescue teams’ calls.
This gives rescuers hope that more workers may still be alive.
Teams from the Nepal Army and Armed Police Force are continuing the search.
Reports disagree somewhat about the exact number of deaths and missing workers.
Two workers were rescued alive from the Trishuli 3A Hydropower Project tunnel nine days after Nepal’s August 26 floods.
The rescued workers were identified as Kabir Maharjan and Sanjay Shah, a Nepal Electricity Authority mechanical foreman.
Rescue teams reportedly heard additional voices inside the tunnel, raising hopes that more people remain alive.
About 900 workers are reported missing from hydropower projects across Nepal, with roughly 500 believed trapped in tunnels.
Reports put the flood death toll at approximately 1,200 to 1,259, while thousands remain missing.
- Who
- Rescue teams, including Nepal Army and Armed Police Force personnel, rescued Kabir Maharjan and Sanjay Shah; around 900 hydropower workers are reported missing across Nepal.
- What
- Two workers were pulled alive from the Trishuli 3A Hydropower Project tunnel, while rescuers continued searching for others.
- Where
- The Trishuli 3A Hydropower Project tunnel in Nepal; other workers are missing at hydropower projects across the country.
- When
- Friday, September 4, nine days after floods struck on August 26.
- Why
- The August 26 floods devastated towns and valleys and trapped or cut off workers in hydropower tunnels.
Key facts
- Rescued workers
- Kabir Maharjan and Sanjay Shah
- Rescue location
- Trishuli 3A Hydropower Project tunnel
- Time elapsed
- Nine days after the August 26 floods
- Missing workers
- About 900 workers from hydropower projects are reported missing
- Workers believed trapped underground
- Roughly 500, according to local authorities cited by AP
- Reported flood deaths
- Approximately 1,200 in one report; 1,259 according to Nepal’s disaster management agency cited by AP
- Additional rescue signal
- Rescuers and a lawmaker reported hearing more voices from inside the tunnel
Quotes
Shri Ram Neupane
Rastriya Swatantra Party lawmaker who reported the rescue team's update
“Information has been received from the rescue team that the voices of people have been heard from inside. When the rescue team said, ‘Don’t panic, we are rescuing you,’ a response was received from inside.”
news18.com
“Receiving information that people are speaking from inside the tunnel is a promising sign”
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Sources
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