At least two workers trapped underground in one of the hydropower project tunnels hit by Nepal’s flash flood last week were rescued on Friday morning, an army spokesman said.
Officers from the Nepali Army, with assistance from technical teams sent by India, China and other countries, have been working day and night to make their way through a dense mixture of sludge and mud to bore through tunnels. Hundreds of workers have been missing in the tunnels since last Wednesday, when a glacial collapse sent tsunami-like waves of water mixed with rock and debris through two river valleys, killing more than 1,200 people and leaving more than 4,000 missing in Nepal and neighboring Tibet.
Raja Ram Basnet, a spokesman for the Nepali Army, said the workers were rescued from the Trishuli 3A hydropower project.