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AsiaPac · 52 mins ago

'Heard voices': 2 workers make it out alive 9 days after Nepal floods hit tunnel

The rescue of two workers have revived hope for hundreds of others still said to be trappedRescuers in Nepal pulled two workers alive from a tunnel at the Trishuli 3A hydropower project on Friday, nine days after devastating floods and landslides trapped hundreds of workers inside tunnels across several hydropower sites.The rescue brought a dramatic breakthrough to a desperate operation, but hopes of finding more survivors rose further after rescuers heard voices coming from inside the tunnel, according to Bipin Regmi, police chief in the flood-hit district of Nuwakot.“Rescuers heard voices,” Regmi told CNN, adding that a medical team was on its way to the site.The two workers were pulled out in quick succession from inside the Trishuli 3A plant, where rescuers have been boring into a tunn
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