Two workers pulled alive from tunnel nine days after Nepal-Tibet floods

• 01Sanjay Shah, a foreman, and Kabir Maharjan, a project supervisor, were rescued alive from the Trishuli 3A hydropower tunnel in Nepal nine days after flash floods buried the project.
• 02The two men were recovered from a depth of 170 metres (558ft) inside the tunnel.
• 03Army spokesperson Brig Gen Raja Ram Basnet confirmed that police also found one unidentified body during the rescue operation.
• 04Sanjay Shah stated he was in the control room with 40 to 45 other people when the flood occurred, attempted to guide others to safety, became trapped, and survived by chanting mantras.
• 05Kabir Maharjan was transferred to intensive care in critical condition with a leg injury and jaundice, while Shah was reported as stable.
• 06Nepal’s disaster management agency reported that at least 1,287 people were killed in the floods and more than 5,000 remain missing.
• 07The floods were triggered by the collapse of a melting glacier on the border between Nepal and China-controlled Tibet.
• 08Approximately 900 workers are missing from 12 hydropower projects in the Himalayas, with an estimated 500 believed to be trapped in tunnels.
• 09Rescue efforts have resulted in more than 270 people being rescued across several projects so far.
• 10Amrit Thapa, deputy superintendent of the armed police force, stated that except for two sections, the Trishuli 3A tunnel was filled with debris and no further voices were heard after searching the powerhouse area.

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Two hydropower workers, Sanjay Shah and Kabir Maharjan, were rescued alive from a mud-filled tunnel in Nepal nine days after flash floods caused by a glacier collapse trapped them at a depth of 170 metres. Shah, a foreman, survived by guiding colleagues and chanting mantras, while Maharjan was taken to intensive care in critical condition. Authorities have found one additional body and halted the search at this site, amid a national disaster that has killed at least 1,287 people and left thousands missing across multiple projects.