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Two Rescued from Hydropower Plant Tunnel Nine Days After Nepal Floods

From Dong-A Ilbo · () Korean

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  • Nepalese rescuers recovered two workers from a hydropower plant tunnel nine days after major flooding struck the country.
  • The men were taken to hospital, with one reportedly unable to move his hands and legs and the other without serious injuries.
  • The tunnel lies in the same Trishuli River basin as the site where nine South Korean workers remain missing, about 30 kilometers away.

Cheers erupted as rescuers brought two men out of a hydropower plant tunnel in Nepal, nine days after major floods struck the country.

The Nepal Army rescued the two Nepalese employees on Sept. 4 from a tunnel at the Trishuli 3A hydropower plant in Bagmati province and took them to hospital. One of the men could not move his hands and legs, according to a Nepalese official quoted by Reuters. The other had no serious injuries.

Rescuers had focused their search on tunnels at four hydropower plants where hundreds of employees were missing. The Trishuli 3A tunnel appeared to offer a chance of survival because it had an oxygen pipe, leading officials to believe oxygen could still be flowing inside.

The rescue team reportedly blasted through rocks the size of cars to enter the tunnel, which CNN said was filled with water. Authorities had not confirmed how many people, if any, remained inside the tunnel where the two men were found.

The plant is in the same Trishuli River basin as the hydropower site where nine South Korean workers are missing. That location is about 30 kilometers from the tunnel where the two Nepalese employees were rescued.

One of the rescued people cannot move his hands and legs, while the other was not seriously injured.

· Nepalese officialThe official described the condition of the two workers after their rescue.
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