2 rescued after 9 days trapped in tunnel on Nepal’s Trishuli River
Two people were pulled out alive from a tunnel linked to a hydropower station on the Trishuli River. More than 4,200 people are still missing.
As flooding continues throughout Nepal, the first two people were rescued from a hydropower station on the Trishuli River on Friday, Sept. 4, government officials say.
Two men – Sanjay Sah, a mechanical foreman, and Kabir Maharjan, a mechanical supervisor – were pulled from a tunnel at the Upper Trishuli 3A Hydropower Station, Energy Minister Biraj Bhakta Shrestha’s office said in a statement. Maharjan cannot move his hands and legs, but Sah’s injuries are not critical, Reuters reported.
Officials believe the Aug. 26 collapse of a glacier on the northern part of the Trishuli River and the ensuing flood trapped at least 900 people in tunnels related to six hydropower projects. At least 1,252 people were killed and more than 4,200 people are missing, with thousands more displaced. China has put the death toll in Tibet at 21, with 541 others listed as missing.
Photos show incredible Nepal flooding rescue
Contributing: Reuters
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