Two Workers Rescued From Trishuli‑3 Tunnel After Himalayan Flood

Overview

• A glacier and mountainside collapse on August 26 sent a wall of water, ice and debris down valleys on the Nepal–Tibet border that destroyed villages and buried infrastructure.
• Rescue teams on Friday reached the Trishuli‑3 hydroelectric tunnel and pulled two men, Sanjay Shah and Kabir Maharjan, to the surface before airlifting them to Kathmandu for checks.
• Official tallies place the death toll at about 1,280 and missing people above 5,600, including more than 900 hydroelectric workers who may still be trapped underground.
• Search operations use heavy machines, controlled blasts and specialist teams from Nepal and several countries while access to remote sites depends largely on helicopters, drones and porters.
• The disaster has left tens of thousands displaced and buried dams and tunnels, creating urgent needs for shelter, DNA identification of bodies and a long, costly reconstruction of hydropower links.