Kathmandu: Nepalese rescuers have safely pulled two workers from a hydroelectric power plant tunnel after they were trapped inside for nine days following a massive flash flood. The Nepalese army revealed that the two workers were stranded in the Trisuli 3A tunnel, a hydroelectric power project in an area hardest hit by last week's massive flash floods in Nepal. The survivors were pulled from a depth of 170 meters inside the tunnel and taken to a Nepalese military camp in Trisuli.
According to Thai News Agency, rescue operations are increasingly focusing on the hydroelectric power plant tunnel, as it is believed that hundreds more people are still trapped inside and have a chance of survival due to air pockets within the tunnel. The latest survivors found in the Trident 3A project are believed to number around 30-40 people. To date, more than 270 people have been rescued from the hydroelectric power plant project.
Most projects in the valley were destroyed when massive amounts of water, debris, and mud cascaded down the valley, caused by glacial collapses on the border between Nepal and Tibet. As villagers continued searching for belongings amidst the rubble of homes that collapsed in the early hours of this morning, the mud that had inundated the houses had hardened like concrete. The official death toll has risen to 1,252 in Nepal, with over 4,200 still missing.