Kathmandu: Rescuers in Nepal have pulled two workers alive from a tunnel on Friday during an ongoing operation at the Trishul 3A tunnel, officials said.
Nepalese lawmaker Shri Ram Neupane posted the second rescue on his Facebook page shortly after army spokesperson Brigadier General Raja Ram Basnet confirmed the first trapped worker’s rescue during the operation at the tunnel.
Nepal Army soldiers rescue a worker alive from a tunnel.Nepal Army via AP
The rescues come nine days after the August 26 floods, likely caused by a glacier collapse, that devastated towns and valleys in Nepal.
Local television news channels showed images of the first rescued worker covered in mud and being carried from the site on a rescuer’s shoulder. A medical team was checking on him at the site, Basnet said.
At least 1259 people were killed and more than 5000 remain missing, according to the country’s disaster management agency. China, as of late Wednesday, said 21 people were killed and 541 were missing on the Tibet side of the border.
A view of a flood-damaged tunnel at one of the hydropower sites on the Trishuli River.Getty Images
About 900 workers are missing from 12 hydropower projects in Nepal, with roughly 500 believed to be trapped in tunnels, according to local authorities.
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