Two trapped laborers have been pulled from a hydropower tunnel in the Trishuli-3A project in Nepal’s Rasuwa district, nine days after flooding disrupted the site. An image provided by the Nepal Army shows soldiers lifting a worker to safety during the operation, which was ongoing as of Friday, Sept. 4, 2026.
Details on the rescue operation are limited in the available brief, but the release confirms that both workers were found and brought out alive. The incident occurred within the context of recent floods that affected the area, though the exact conditions of the tunnel or the rescue timeline beyond the nine-day window are not specified in the provided material.
Nepal’s army appears prominently in the footage accompanying the report, illustrating active involvement by security forces in the rescue effort. The Trishuli-3A project is identified as the site of the operation, and the date in the accompanying caption places the event on or around Sept. 4, 2026. No further information on the workers’ identities, nationalities, or the status of the broader rescue or recovery operations is included in the source material.
Authorities have not offered additional statements within the provided content, and the report centers on this successful extraction from the tunnel and the ongoing nature of the nationwide floods that prompted the initial disruption. Further updates from official channels were not included in the RSS entry.