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Nepal hydropower tunnel searches enter thirteenth day
The Hindu··7 Sept
Rescue teams in Nepal are in their thirteenth day searching Himalayan hydropower tunnels after the August 26 glacial and mountain collapse. The disaster killed at least 1,385 people, with more than 5,500 missing across China and Nepal. Arnold Dix said multiple tunnel rescues are underway at once. Three workers were pulled out on Friday and Saturday.
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What It Means For You
- Nepal held a national day of mourning on Monday under traditional Hindu rituals.
- Army spokesman Raja Ram Basnet said ground, air and tunnel searches continue at day-one tempo.
- Experts from China, India and South Korea are aiding Nepali rescue teams.
What's Happening
- Hundreds of hydropower workers remain among the missing.
- Two Nepalis were rescued on Friday and a Chinese man on Saturday from deep tunnels.
- Dix, of the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association, is advising teams.
The Scale Of Loss
- The August 26 collapse struck the China-Nepal border.
- Dix advised India's 2023 Silkyara tunnel rescue of 41 men trapped for 17 days.
- He said Silkyara taught him not to confuse unlikely with impossible.
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