Overview
- Rescue teams reached and extracted two men from about 170 metres inside the Trishuli 3A hydro tunnel after rescue crews heard voices, a breakthrough on Friday that ended nine days of searches after the August 26 glacier‑linked surge.
- The survivors were identified as mechanical foreman Sanjay Sah and mechanical supervisor Kabir Maharjan and were airlifted to the Birendra military hospital in Kathmandu with one listed stable and the other in critical condition.
- Both rescued men reported hearing other people underground and rescuers have reoriented efforts to follow those leads with cautious hand‑digging where heavy machinery would risk survivors.
- Authorities say roughly 900 hydro workers remain unaccounted for across about a dozen projects and estimate roughly 500 may be trapped in tunnels, making subsurface access the main operational priority.
- Nepal Army and police are leading the technically difficult searches with specialists and equipment from India, South Korea and China while the UN issues appeals and teams work to clear blocked tunnels, restore access and update casualty and missing counts.