Two workers rescued alive from hydropower tunnel in Nepal
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- Sanjay Sah and Kabir Maharjan were rescued from a tunnel at the Trishuli-3 A hydropower project in Nepal.
- The two had been trapped after a devastating flood struck Bhotekoshi in Rasuwa on August 26.
- Nepal Army and Armed Police teams intensified the search amid concerns that others could remain trapped.
Two workers trapped inside a hydropower project tunnel in Nepal have been rescued alive after the flood that struck Bhotekoshi in Rasuwa on August 26.
Sanjay Sah, a mechanical foreman with the Electricity Authority, and Kabir Maharjan, a supervisor, were brought out of the Trishuli-3 A project tunnel on September 4.
Rescue operations continued after their recovery. A joint team from the Nepal Army and Armed Police intensified the search because of concerns that more people might still be inside the tunnel.
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