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Two Nepali Workers Rescued From Hydropower Tunnel Nine Days After Floods

From Hankyoreh · () Korean

Translated from Korean and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Two workers were rescued from a hydropower tunnel in Nepal’s Bagmati Province nine days after floods and landslides struck the country.
  • The men, identified as Sanjay Sah and Kabir Maharjan, were found after rescuers heard voices and established communication inside the tunnel.
  • Teams continued searching because more people may be trapped, while oxygen pipes at the plant raised hopes of further survivors.

Nine days after floods and landslides swept through Nepal, rescuers pulled two workers alive from a tunnel at the Trishuli 3A hydropower plant in northern Bagmati Province.

The men were identified as Sanjay Sah, the plant’s mechanical foreman, and Kabir Maharjan, its mechanical supervisor. Nepalese army and police personnel dug through debris after hearing voices from inside and making contact with those trapped.

Don’t panic, we are here to rescue you.

· Rescue teamRescuers spoke to workers trapped inside the tunnel after hearing voices.

Rescue participant Shri Ram Neupane said the team called out, “Don’t panic, we are here to rescue you,” and received the reply, “Okay.” Search teams continued working after receiving information that more people might still be inside the tunnel.

The plant has oxygen pipes, raising hopes that other survivors may be found. The Nepalese government estimates that hundreds of people remain trapped at six hydropower plants and believes more than 90 could still be alive inside two tunnels. Nine South Korean workers remain unaccounted for at the Upper Trishuli-1 hydropower project.

Okay.

· Trapped workersThe workers responded after rescuers established contact.
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Originally published by Hankyoreh in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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