Kathmandu, September 4 Thirty-year-old Sanjay Sah, who had been trapped inside a

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Kathmandu, September 4 Thirty-year-old Sanjay Sah, who had been trapped inside a tunnel at the Upper Trishuli 3-A Hydropower Project following the Bhotekoshi flood in Rasuwa, was rescued alive after 10 days. A joint team of the Nepal Army and Armed Police Force rescued him safely on Friday morning, turning 10 days of anguish for his family in Saptari into tears of joy. Sanjay, from Tilathi Koiladi Rural Municipality-4 in Saptari, worked in the project’s control room. His brother Sanjeev said their father, who had been in a state of near-unconsciousness, shed tears of joy as soon as he heard that his son had been rescued safely. “Father was almost unconscious. None of us in the family had slept last night,” Sanjeev said. “He is extremely happy now. He is heading to the airport in tears of joy.” Sanjay’s uncle and aunt are also travelling to Kathmandu with his father to meet him. Trapped while trying to rescue others On the day of the flood, Sanjay became trapped inside the tunnel while trying to save the lives of others. He continued his efforts and managed to help several people get out of the tunnel. However, after night fell, he was unable to escape himself.