South China Morning Post
AsiaPac · 18 mins ago
Nepal floods: rescuers send air pipe into tunnel with trapped workers
Nepali army rescuers broke through to a hydropower tunnel on Saturday and began pumping air and sending a camera inside, raising hopes of reaching workers trapped since devastating floods struck the site three days earlier.
Nepal’s government says more than 100 workers may still be alive and trapped inside tunnels at hydropower projects, with rescue efforts focused on the Trishuli 3A and 3B sites.
Those trapped are among 933 hydropower workers missing since a wall of mud and debris swept down…
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