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Two Nepal hydropower workers rescued alive from tunnel nine days after disaster

From Jerusalem Post · () English

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Newswire Named sources Outcome reported
  • Rescuers found mechanical foreman Sanjay Sah and mechanical supervisor Kabir Maharjan alive inside a tunnel at the Upper Trishuli 3A Hydropower Station.
  • Maharjan suffered severe injuries and Sah’s injuries were not considered critical; both were taken to a hospital in Kathmandu.
  • The rescue followed a disaster that killed more than 1,200 people and displaced tens of thousands in Nepal.

Nine days after an ice, rock and mud slide swept through Nepal’s Trishuli River valley, rescuers pulled two hydropower workers alive from a tunnel.

The workers, identified by the office of Energy Minister Biraj Bhakta Shrestha as mechanical foreman Sanjay Sah and mechanical supervisor Kabir Maharjan, were found at the Upper Trishuli 3A Hydropower Station.

An aide to the energy minister said Maharjan could not move his hands and legs, while Sah’s injuries were not critical. Rescue teams took both men to a hospital in Kathmandu.

Officials and rescuers believe the collapse of a glacier in the upper Trishuli River area on Aug. 26 trapped at least 900 people in tunnels linked to six hydropower projects. The wider disaster killed more than 1,200 people and displaced tens of thousands.

Amir Maharjan, Kabir’s brother, said the family had not received official confirmation but had been told to go to the hospital. “I have been hearing from the news that my brother has been found. The entire family is very happy,” he said.

I have been hearing from the news that my brother has been found. The entire family is very happy.

· Amir MaharjanKabir Maharjan’s brother described the family’s reaction after learning that rescuers had found him alive.
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