Nepal search teams rescue two workers from hydropower tunnel

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The two workers were pulled alive from the main tunnel at the construction site of the Trishuli 3A plant early on Friday. The rescue raises hope of recovering more of the hundreds of people believed to remain trapped in hydropower tunnels.

The cascade, believed to have been triggered by the partial collapse of a glacier, killed more than 1,200 people and devastated entire communities, as water, rock and mud raced down Himalayan valleys.

A video released by Nepal’s Ministry of Energy showed cheering as a man emerged through a small muddy opening. He was helped to his feet by rescuers and carried on the backs of emergency workers, raising his hand as they took him towards a helicopter.

A second man covered in mud pressed his hands together in prayer as he was carried away on a stretcher.

The rescued men were identified as Sanjay Shah, 30, a mechanical foreman, and Kabir Maharjan, 45, a mechanical supervisor, by the minister of home affairs of Nepal, Sudan Gurung.

The Nepali Army said the two men were receiving medical treatment and would be taken to a hospital in Kathmandu, while “search and rescue operations are ongoing.”.

O par é o primeiro a ser resgatado de estações hidrelétricas ou projetos de construção no Nepal. Pelo menos 557 trabalhadores estão desaparecidos no projeto Trishuli 3A.

Aproximadamente 115 são considerados presos no túnel principal.

An army spokesperson reported that one of the survivors had told rescuers more people remain alive inside the tunnel.

O Ministro da Comunicação do Nepal, Bikram Timilsina, disse que os funcionários permanecem esperançosos de que mais trabalhadores sejam resgatados. “Estamos aguardando o resgate de cada vez mais pessoas,” ele escreveu nas redes sociais.

Rescuers have been desperately seeking survivors after the disaster on August 26 left more than 5,000 people missing in Nepal and Chinese-controlled Tibet.

Nepal has largely refused international help. However, Australia sent a team of drone specialists to the country on Friday.

A equipe de 15 membros, composta predominantemente por operativos de emergência estaduais, está se juntando às operações de resgate a pedido do governo do Nepal, disseram as autoridades.

Thirty-six Australian citizens remain missing.

At least 1,287 people have been confirmed to have been killed in the disaster in Nepal, and tens of thousands displaced. China has said 21 people were killed and 541 were missing on the Tibet side.

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