Sanjay Sah, who was rescued alive from the tunnel

From Onlinekhabar English

Sanjay Sah, who was rescued alive from the tunnel. Rasuwa, September 4 For 10 days, there had been no word from the people believed to be trapped inside the Upper Trishuli-3A hydropower project tunnel. Then, somewhere deep inside the darkness, a rescuer called out. “Hello.” A voice answered. “Hajur.” It was an ordinary Nepali response to an ordinary greeting. But after 10 days without knowing whether anyone was still alive inside, it was the sound the rescuers had been waiting for. The rescue team had reached roughly 200 metres into the tunnel when they heard it. For a moment, the rescuers stopped. Nepal Army personnel, Armed Police and Nepal Police officers, together with technical experts from the Nepal Electricity Authority, looked at each other in the darkness. Some were overcome with emotion. Then they moved. There was still a wall of mud and broken rock between them and the people inside. The team had been working its way through the debris since the flood devastated the area. Now, knowing that there were survivors somewhere beyond the blockage, every decision became more urgent—and more dangerous.