Sankhuwasabha, June 17
As many as four persons buried in the tunnel of Arun III hydropower project were successfully rescued after 38 hours in Sankhuwasabha on Sunday.
Those rescued are Pradeep Shahi (32) of Siuna-4 in Kalikot; Prem Pariyar (44) of Chandannath-4 in Jumla; and two Indian nationals–Sudhan Munda (55) and Nanka Kishore (45)–from Bihar state.
As a landslide blocked the tunnel, the workers were buried on Friday night.
A joint team of Nepal Army, Armed Police Force and Nepal Police had successfully rescued the workers.
“While searching for the stuck workers, the rescue team made a hole on a large rock through which the light entered. Seeing the light, those stuck started making noise. We rescued them after hearing the noise,” said Assistant Chief District Officer, Mohan Mani Ghimire, talking to Onlinekhabar.
“Their preliminary health checkup is underway. We are preparing to take them to the district headquarters for additional psychosocial counseling and rest for the required period of time.”
“A team of health experts has reached the incident site and preliminary health check-up is underway,” added Ghimire.
They were stuck in the tunnel since 9:00 pm on Friday.
