Overview
- Rescue teams reached and extracted two men about 170 meters inside the Trishuli 3A tunnel on Friday, Sept. 4, and flew one stable patient and one critical patient to a military hospital in Kathmandu.
- Survivor statements and rescuers' brief voice contact indicate others may still be alive in the tunnel, with one rescued worker saying he had shouted and kept in touch with three or four people.
- The Nepal Army and Armed Police are leading manual and mechanized tunnel-clearance operations using compressors, excavators, drill rigs and specialist teams from India, China and South Korea, but thick mud and destroyed access routes are slowing progress.
- Officials report the disaster has left more than 1,200 dead and over 5,000 missing nationwide, with roughly 900 workers unaccounted for across 12 damaged hydroelectric projects.
- Authorities say a probable glacier collapse triggered the floods that filled tunnels with water, mud and rock, prompting an urgent international aid appeal and renewed questions about rescue readiness for mountain infrastructure.