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Two Workers Rescued Alive After Nepal Flash Flood Trapped Them for Nine Days

Two hydropower workers rescued alive nine days after a deadly Nepal flash flood trapped them in a tunnel.

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Two workers 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. [1] Two workers, Sanjay Sah and Kabir Maharjan, were pulled out alive from a tunnel at the Upper Trishuli 3A Hydropower Station on September 4, 2026. [2] Officials and rescue workers believe the August 26 collapse of a glacier on the upper reaches of the Trishuli River trapped at least 900 people in tunnels related to six hydropower projects along the river. [3]
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  1. Two workers 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. · cyprus-mail.com
  2. Two workers, Sanjay Sah and Kabir Maharjan, were pulled out alive from a tunnel at the Upper Trishuli 3A Hydropower Station on September 4, 2026. · The Jerusalem Post
  3. Officials and rescue workers believe the August 26 collapse of a glacier on the upper reaches of the Trishuli River trapped at least 900 people in tunnels related to six hydropower projects along the river. · cyprus-mail.com
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