Search and rescue team says ‘no more survivors in Upper Trishuli 3A tunnel’
Summary
Search teams say they found no more survivors inside the Upper Trishuli 3A tunnel after rescuing two people alive and recovering one body. The tunnel and nearby hydropower projects were buried under mud and debris after the August 26 Bhotekoshi flood.
Key Points
- Security personnel who entered the Upper Trishuli 3A tunnel found only two people rescued alive and one body, with no additional survivors detected.
- The APF’s Collapsed Structure Search and Rescue unit and the Nepali Army searched the tunnel and confirmed the farthest sections had been reached.
- Sanjay Sah, one of the rescued survivors, is receiving treatment at Army Hospital in Kathmandu.
- Upper Trishuli 1, Upper Trishuli 3B and Rasuwagadhi projects were also affected by the August 26 Bhotekoshi flood, which buried their tunnels in mud and debris.
