Two trapped tunnel workers rescued in Nepal

This handout photograph, taken and released by the Nepal Army on Sep 4, 2026, shows army personnel carrying a worker who was trapped inside a tunnel during a rescue operation at Trishuli-3A Hydropower Project in Nepal's Rasuwa district. (Photo: AFP/Nepal Army) 04 Sep 2026 01:22PM KATHMANDU: Two hydropower workers were pulled from a tunnel buried by debris in Nepal on Friday (Sep 4), more than a week after catastrophic flooding swept through the area, government ministers said.Rescuers cheered as one man was pulled from a muddy opening, video released by the energy ministry showed. He was helped to his feet by rescuers.A photograph showed the second man caked in mud, his hands pressed together in prayer, as rescuers carried him away on an orange stretcher.The men were named as Sanjay Shah,