Archive · 4 Sep 2026
Two Workers Rescued Alive From Nepal Flood-Hit Hydropower Tunnel
Two workers were trapped inside a hydropower tunnel in Nepal after severe floods damaged it.
Rescue teams from the Nepal Army and Armed Police Force worked to reach them.
Sanjaya Sah and Kabir Maharjan were found alive after 10 days.
Sanjaya’s wife, Laxmi, was very happy when she heard the news.
She planned to travel to Kathmandu to see him.
The floods have killed many people and left thousands out of contact.
Some workers at other hydropower projects may also still be trapped or unreachable.
The successful rescue gives families hope that more people can be saved.
Sanjaya Sah and Kabir Maharjan were rescued alive from a tunnel at Nepal’s Upper Trishuli 3A Hydropower Project.
A joint Nepal Army and Armed Police Force team carried out the rescue on Friday morning.
Sah’s wife, Laxmi Kumari Sah, said the rescue brought immense joy to their family after 10 painful days.
The tunnel was damaged by floods that struck Nepal the previous week.
The rescue has raised hopes for people still out of contact at other flood-affected hydropower projects.
- Who
- Foreman Sanjaya Sah and supervisor Kabir Maharjan were rescued by Nepal Army and Armed Police Force teams.
- What
- The two men were rescued alive from a flood-damaged tunnel at the Upper Trishuli 3A Hydropower Project.
- When
- Friday morning, after being out of contact for 10 days.
- Where
- Inside the Upper Trishuli 3A Hydropower Project tunnel in Nepal; Sah’s wife was heading to Kathmandu to meet him.
- Why
- They had been believed to be trapped after deadly floods damaged the hydropower project’s tunnel.
- Rescued workers
- Sanjaya Sah, 30, a foreman, and Kabir Maharjan, 45, a supervisor
- Rescue teams
- Nepal Army and Armed Police Force
- Rescue timing
- Friday morning, after 10 days
- Project
- Upper Trishuli 3A Hydropower Project
- Flood death toll
- 1,259 people, according to Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority
- People out of contact
- 5,053 as of Thursday evening, according to the authority
- Hydropower workers out of contact
- 945 people at 11 flood-affected hydropower projects, according to the Independent Power Producers’ Association