Kathmandu, August 30 A rescue team has located a tunnel that could provide acces

From Onlinekhabar English

Kathmandu, August 30 A rescue team has located a tunnel that could provide access to workers believed to be trapped inside the Trishuli 3A Hydropower Project tunnel in Rasuwa. The team, which has been conducting rescue operations continuously for the past three days, located the project’s “cable access tunnel,” according to Acting Managing Director of the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) Dirghayu Kumar Shrestha. Shrestha told Onlinekhabar that a joint team of the Nepali Army, NEA personnel and tunnel experts found the tunnel used to take cables out of the powerhouse. Rescuers are now preparing to send rescue experts through the tunnel to assess the situation inside and determine whether the trapped workers can be reached. “People can enter through this tunnel, and it can also be used to rescue those trapped inside,” Shrestha said. “We made openings to send oxygen inside yesterday, so we hope those trapped are safe. We are making efforts to rescue them as soon as possible.” The rescue team had earlier drilled five openings to send air into the tunnel and assess conditions inside.