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Two Workers Rescued Alive After Nine Days Trapped in Nepal Flood Tunnel

Two workers were rescued alive from the Trishuli 3A hydroelectric tunnel in Nepal after nine days of being trapped by floods.

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Two workers were rescued alive from the Trishuli 3A hydroelectric tunnel in Nepal after being trapped for nine days by devastating floods that killed more than 1,200 people. [1] The operator of the Trishuli 3A hydroelectric plant confirmed that a 30-year-old worker and a 45-year-old worker were rescued and their condition is stable. [2] Authorities fear that more than 150 people are trapped in approximately six other hydroelectric tunnels where separate rescue operations are currently underway. [3] Rescue engineers are pumping air into hydroelectric tunnels as part of a large-scale operation to save over 5,000 missing workers employed on tunnel networks along the river. [4] Sureš Raut, a high-ranking official of the Nepal Electricity Authority present at the rescue site, told the BBC that rescuers are providing oxygen to Šah. [5] Authorities stated that hundreds of workers remain missing in the tunnel systems of the affected hydroelectric plants. [6]
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  1. Two workers were rescued alive from the Trishuli 3A hydroelectric tunnel in Nepal after being trapped for nine days by devastating floods that killed more than 1,200 people. · Nezavisne novine
  2. The operator of the Trishuli 3A hydroelectric plant confirmed that a 30-year-old worker and a 45-year-old worker were rescued and their condition is stable. · DIE ZEIT
  3. Authorities fear that more than 150 people are trapped in approximately six other hydroelectric tunnels where separate rescue operations are currently underway. · Nezavisne novine
  4. Rescue engineers are pumping air into hydroelectric tunnels as part of a large-scale operation to save over 5,000 missing workers employed on tunnel networks along the river. · Nezavisne novine
  5. Sureš Raut, a high-ranking official of the Nepal Electricity Authority present at the rescue site, told the BBC that rescuers are providing oxygen to Šah. · Nezavisne novine
  6. Authorities stated that hundreds of workers remain missing in the tunnel systems of the affected hydroelectric plants. · DIE ZEIT
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