Two Tunnel Workers Rescued After Nine Days in Nepal Flood Disaster: Sanjay Sah and Kabir Maharjan
Two workers, Sanjay Sah and Kabir Maharjan, were rescued from a collapsed tunnel at the Trishuli 3A hydroelectric plant in Nepal after being trapped for nine days following a catastrophic flood and glacier collapse. The rescue, aided by a WhatsApp group of engineers, marked a critical moment in the ongoing search for over 40 missing individuals. The disaster has resulted in over 1,200 deaths and more than 5,000 missing people.
Where Sources Diverge
Some sources mention the rescue took place after 10 days, while others state it was after 9 days.
Rescuers saved two workers trapped for 10 days in a tunnel after floods affected Nepal.
Two workers were trapped for more than a week after a massive flood hit the border area with Tibet.
Two workers were saved from a collapsed tunnel after being trapped for nine long days.
The number of people trapped in the tunnel varies between sources, with some reporting 42 and others stating over 100.
Initial data from Nepal's Independent Energy Producers Association indicated that 42 employees were trapped.
The government had initially said it believed more than 100 workers could be alive inside multiple tunnels.
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World: Two trapped tunnel workers rescued in Nepal 'miracle' NewVision.co.ug
Two trapped workers found alive in hydropower tunnel 9 days after Nepal floods jamaica-gleaner.com
Two trapped tunnel workers rescued in Nepal 'miracle' afp.com
More than 1,300 people have died and thousands are missing, but rescuers' hopes have risen after finding survivors in a tunnel.
Two workers pulled alive from mud-filled tunnel nine days after Nepal floods Saudi Gazette
Two trapped tunnel workers rescued in Nepal 'miracle' thejakartapost.com
In a remarkable display of resilience, two workers were saved from a collapsed tunnel after being trapped for nine long days. Rescuers encountered significant obstacles while clearing the thick mud, necessitating advanced equipment and expertise. An engineers' WhatsApp group played an essential role by exchanging real-time updates, ultimately leading to this unexpected yet joyous rescue effort that rekindled hope amid adversity.
Sanjay Sah and Kabir Maharjan were trapped in the Upper Trishuli 3A hydropower plant after the devastating flood on August 26. The toll of the disaster continues to rise: at least 1,280 deaths and over 5,600 missing persons
Rescuers found two men alive in Nepal, 9 days after the devastating flood that killed over a thousand people.
Two workers were found alive and rescued on Friday from a tunnel of a hydropower plant in Nepal, nine days after an avalanche of ice, rocks, and mud swept a valley on the upper course of the Trishuli River. The disaster caused the death of over 1,200 people.
Nepal floods: Two hydropower workers rescued in Nepal after more than a week WION
Two trapped tunnel workers rescued in Nepal ‘miracle’ News.com.au
Two trapped tunnel workers rescued in Nepal ‘miracle’ Arab News
On Friday, rescuers freed two workers from the tunnel of the Trishuli 3A hydroelectric plant in Nepal, where they had been trapped for more than a week after a massive flood hit the border area with Tibet. It is expected that another forty people are waiting for help in the tunnel, which rescuers had to crawl into, for nine days now.
Rescuers called it a 'miracle' after the disaster last Wednesday that killed at least 1,200 people and left more than 5,000 missing in China and Nepal.
Two trapped tunnel workers rescued in Nepal 'miracle' Bangkok Post
Two people were rescued on Friday from a hydroelectric tunnel nine days after catastrophic floods hit Nepal, while more than 4000 people are still missing, and rescue teams, with the help of over 500 engineers gathered in WhatsApp groups, continue to search for the missing. Two people were extracted...
About 900 workers are missing from 12 hydropower projects in Nepal, with roughly 500 believed to be trapped in tunnels, according to local authorities.
The men were named as Sanjay Shah, 30, a mechanical foreman, and Kabir Maharjan, 45, a mechanical supervisor.
In Nepal, rescuers achieved a miracle: Two men were rescued alive after nine days from a collapsed hydropower tunnel. Over 4,000 people are still missing following the natural disaster.
The search has been complicated by the fact that the flood changed the terrain around the tunnel and deposited large amounts of silt, stones, and other materials inside it.
Two people were rescued from a tunnel that was buried due to a mudslide in Nepal triggered by the collapse of a glacier section. As a result of the natural disaster, over 1,200 people died, and tens of thousands had to flee their homes.
The survivors were identified as Sanjay Sah and Kabir Maharjan, according to rescue operation officials. Initial data from Nepal's Independent Energy Producers Association indicated that 42 employees were trapped
In Nepal, authorities today rescued two workers trapped in a cave at a hydroelectric plant more than a week after catastrophic floods. They expect to rescue more people.
Two hydropower workers were pulled from a tunnel buried by debris in Nepal on Friday, more than a week after catastrophic flooding swept through the area, government ministers said. Rescuers cheered as one man was pulled from a muddy opening, video released by the energy ministry showed. He was helped to his feet by rescuers. A photograph showed the second man caked in mud, his hands pressed together in prayer, as rescuers carried him away on an orange stretcher. The men were named as Sanjay Shah, 30, a mechanical foreman, and Kabir Maharjan, 45, a mechanical supervisor, by Home Minister Sudan Gurung. “I am so happy, my heart is lighter,” Amir Maharjan, the brother of rescued worker Kabir Maharjan, told AFP. The two are among hundreds of hydropower workers missing since a wall of mud and debris swept through the region on August 26. Energy Minister Biraj Bhakta Shrestha confirmed that one person had been safely rescued from the Trishuli 3A tunnel, followed shortly afterwards by a second. “We have just received news that another person … has also been rescued,” Gurung said in a statement. The government had initially said it believed more than 100 workers could be alive inside multiple tunnels. Searches were continuing at Trishuli 3A and other sites. ‘Back in miracle country’ Rescue teams in Nepal have recovered more than 1,250 bodies, and more than 5,000 are missing, after the gigantic wave triggered by a rock and ice avalanche roared down the China-Nepal border. Australian rescue expert Arnold Dix, who has advised on multiple tunnel-collapse rescues, has been supporting the operation remotely and is travelling to Nepal to support teams on the ground. Earlier on Friday, Dix, president of the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association, said teams at the Trishuli 3A hydropower project believed they had heard a faint response from inside the tunnel. He said rescuers had called into the tunnel: “Don’t worry, we are rescuing you.” “They believe they received a faint response from inside saying, ‘hunchha’, yes or OK,” Dix told AFP, adding that he was en route to Nepal to join the rescue effort. “Right now, I’m ‘glass three-quarters full’… After a week of 24/7 heartache, we might, just, be back in miracle country,” he said. Dix said teams had dug through debris blocking the tunnel for 50 to 60 metres and had been hoping for a breakthrough at any moment. Less than an hour later, rescuers pulled the two men to safety.
Two people were pulled out alive on Friday from a tunnel linked to a hydropower station on the Trishuli River, nine days after an ice, rock and mud slide swept through a valley in Nepal, killing more than 1,200 people and displacing tens of thousands. The two workers pulled from the tunnel at the Upper Trishuli 3A Hydropower Station are Sanjay Sah, a mechanical foreman, and Kabir Maharjan, a mechanical supervisor, Energy Minister Biraj Bhakta Shrestha’s office said in a statement. Officials...
Two workers who were trapped in a tunnel of a hydroelectric plant in Nepal, where over 1,200 people are reported dead due to a massive glacier collapse and landslides, were miraculously rescued on the 4th day (local time), nine days after the disaster. According to Reuters, the Nepalese authorities successfully rescued two survivors from the upper Trishuli 3A hydroelectric plant tunnel located upstream of the Trishuli River. The Nepal Ministry of Energy, through its spokesperson Biraj Pati Shrestha, announced that the rescued individuals were Sanjay Sah, the head of the mechanical section, and Kabir Mahajan, the supervisor of the mechanical section. A spokesperson for the ministry told Reuters, "Mahajan is in a condition where he cannot move his hands or feet, but Sah's injuries are not life-threatening." "Both are currently being transported to a hospital in the capital, Kathmandu," the spokesperson added. Mahajan's brother Amir said, "Although we couldn't get official contact, we were told to go to the hospital." "We learned through the news that our brother was found, and our whole family is very happy," he said. Last month, on the 26th, a glacier collapsed upstream of the Trishuli River, causing ice, rocks, and debris to fill the valley.
Around 600 children remain unaccounted for in Nepal’s Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts, as the death toll rose to 1,282
Nepal rescuers pull two workers alive from tunnel after deadly collapse The Jerusalem Post
Two construction workers were rescued on Friday from a hydropower tunnel in Nepal, more than a week after catastrophic landslides and floods hit the border area with China, according to a Nepali elected official. Rescue teams are still fighting for time in hopes of finding over 100 other workers feared to be trapped in the tunnels. Over 1,250 people have been confirmed dead and more than 5,000 are still missing after the natural disaster.
Two hydropower workers have been pulled from a tunnel buried by debris in Nepal, more than a week after catastrophic flooding swept through the area, government ministers said.
Authorities believe that at least 42 people will be rescued in the operation after two people have been rescued alive following rescuers hearing voices this morning
The Nepali government announced on Friday that two workers had been found alive in a tunnel located in the north of the country. More than a week after the disaster, the death toll stands at nearly 1,300 and over 5,600 are missing.
Two workers who were trapped in the Trishuli 3A hydropower project tunnel in Nepal were rescued alive this Friday, ten days after the devastating floods, while emergency teams continued searching for others believed to remain inside.
Two people rescued alive from Nepal hydropower tunnel The Straits Times
The worker was rescued during an ongoing operation at the Trishul 3A tunnel
Rescuers pulled out two people as the search continued for hundreds missing after the flooding catastrophe last week.
Nepal floods: Two trapped tunnel workers rescued The Star