Miracle rescue as men pulled from Nepal tunnel after nine days

Rescuers work to pull out a survivor from a tunnel linked to a hydropower station following deadly flash floods and mudslides, at a location given as Rasuwa district

Story by Gopal Sharma

  • Two workers have been miraculously rescued alive from a hydropower station tunnel in Nepal nine days after a catastrophic ice, rock and mud slide.
  • Mechanical foreman Sanjay Sah and mechanical supervisor Kabir Maharjan were saved from the Upper Trishuli 3A Hydropower Station.
  • The 26 August glacier collapse killed more than 1,200 people and is believed to have trapped around 900 people in tunnels across six hydropower projects.
  • Sah suffered non-critical injuries, while Maharjan currently cannot move his limbs; both men are being transferred to a hospital in Kathmandu.
  • Family members expressed immense relief and joy after learning of the survival and rescue of their loved ones.
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