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Nepal rescuers begin air pumping after breaking into hydropower tunnel

Authorities say more than 100 hydropower workers may still be alive inside tunnels at Trishuli 3A and 3B, after floods earlier this week swept away a wall of mud and debris.

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Nepali army rescue teams broke through to a hydropower tunnel on Saturday and began pumping air into the tunnel, while also sending a camera inside as they work to reach workers trapped since floods struck the site three days earlier, according to SCMP Economy citing Agence France-Presse.

Nepal’s government said more than 100 workers may still be alive and trapped inside tunnels at hydropower projects, with efforts focused on the Trishuli 3A and Trishuli 3B sites.

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority said the trapped workers are among 933 hydropower workers missing after a wall of mud and debris swept down on Wednesday morning, while the US Geological Survey attributed the China-Nepal border disaster to a glacial collapse.

At Trishuli 3A, army teams using drills broke through into the upper part of a mud-swamped tunnel, and Nepal’s Home Minister Sudan Gurung said the government would start excavation work and send the rescue team inside.

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