Two Workers Rescued from Nepal Tunnel Nine Days After Catastrophic Floods
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Two hydropower workers were rescued alive from a tunnel at the Trishuli 3A project on Friday, nine days after devastating flash floods struck the Nepal China border. The survivors were identified as Sanjay Sah, a mechanical foreman, and Kabir Maharjan, a mechanical supervisor. Rescuers reportedly established contact after hearing voices from inside the tunnel, to which the men responded with the word hunchha, meaning yes or OK. The two men were extracted from a depth of 170 meters and transported to a hospital in Kathmandu. One survivor was reported to have non critical injuries, while the other was unable to move his limbs. The rescue comes amid a massive search operation for approximately 900 workers believed to be trapped in tunnels across six to twelve hydropower projects. The disaster was triggered on August 26 by a glacier collapse that sent a wall of ice, rock, and mud through the Trishuli valley. Death tolls vary across reports, with some sources citing 1,259 deaths in Nepal and 21 in Tibet, while others report a total of 1,280 dead and over 5,600 missing. The floods destroyed approximately 10 percent of Nepal's power generation capacity and caused estimated damages of 2.56 billion US dollars. Rescue efforts have been aided by a WhatsApp group of over 500 engineers who provide real time guidance and layout drawings of the buried facilities. International aid has also arrived, including 74 tonnes of relief supplies and medical teams from India. Some reports describe the event as an inland tsunami or a Himalayan tsunami, noting that the debris flow was caused by a cascading hazard where a rock and ice avalanche created a natural dam that subsequently breached.
How each side framed it
- Centre-left
- These outlets emphasized the human tragedy and the scale of the humanitarian crisis, including the number of homeless people and the need for international solidarity.
- Centre
- These outlets focused on the operational details of the rescue and the technical use of WhatsApp by engineers to locate survivors.
- Centre-right
- These outlets highlighted the specific identities of the rescued workers and the official statements from government ministers.
Sources
- Centre-right Aftenposten: Two rescued nine days after the catastrophe. – Gives hope that more can be found alive
- Centre-left Al Jazeera: Nepal flood victims to be identified through DNA
- Centre-left Asahi Shimbun: Mudslide hits hydropower giant Nepal: Workers missing, concerns over power crisis
- Centre BBC News: Watch: Moment workers are rescued from Nepal tunnel
- Centre-left CNN: Two men rescued from flood-stricken Nepali power plant where scores feared trapped
- Centre-left CNN: Rescues underway as two men pulled alive from Nepal hydro tunnel more than a week after flooding
- Centre-left CNN: Two men pulled alive from Nepal tunnel after 8 days
- Centre CNN Brasil: Two men are rescued from tunnel in Nepal nine days after floods
- Centre CNN Brasil: How engineers guide rescue efforts in Nepal in WhatsApp group
- Centre-left Daily Maverick: How engineers in a WhatsApp group are guiding Nepal’s flood rescue efforts
- Centre-left Dawn: 2 trapped tunnel workers rescued in Nepal more than a week after catastrophic flash floods
- Centre-left G1: Nepal rescues 2 tunnel workers 9 days after floods
- Centre-right Hindustan Times: India sends more relief supplies to Nepal days after devastating flash floods
- Centre-right Infobae: First survivor of a tunnel rescued alive 10 days after the flood in Nepal
- Centre-right Infobae: Two workers rescued alive from a tunnel ten days after the flood in Nepal
- Centre-left Le Monde: Floods in Nepal and Tibet: rescuers extract two miracle workers; the toll rises to 1,280 dead and more than 5,600 missing
- Centre Philippine Daily Inquirer: The fury of the Nepal fall
- Centre Reuters: One person rescued alive from tunnel, Nepal lawmaker says - Reuters
- Centre-right South China Morning Post: Hong Kong Nepalese man searches for cousin missing in flood: ‘I cannot sleep’
- Centre-right South China Morning Post: 2 trapped workers rescued alive from Nepal tunnel 9 days after floods
- Centre-left Taipei Times: Swiss woman recounts escape from Nepal floods
- Centre Telex: Two survivors managed to be evacuated from among workers trapped in the tunnels of a Nepalese hydroelectric plant
- Centre The Daily Star: How engineers in a WhatsApp group are guiding Nepal's tunnel rescue efforts
- Centre The Daily Star: Two trapped tunnel workers rescued 9 days after floods hit Nepal
- Centre-left The Guardian: Nepal-Tibet flash flood: Two workers pulled alive from hydropower tunnel nine days after disaster
- Centre-left The Guardian: Climate injustices have been laid bare in the Nepal-Tibet flood disaster | Letters
- Centre The Indian Express: 2 people rescued alive from Nepal tunnel 9 days after flash flood
- Centre The Indian Express: Nepal floods: Glimmer of hope as some tourists make contact. Who is still missing?
- Centre The Japan Times: How engineers in a WhatsApp group are guiding Nepal’s flood rescue efforts
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