One dead‚ two missing‚ 13 rescued

Rescuers have found the body of a worker who was trapped inside the under construction tunnel at Upper Madi Hydropower Project in Sildajure, Kaski.

The body of excavator driver Sujan Gurung of Tanahun was found buried under debris at about 7:00 pm today. While two other workers are still missing and out of contact, thirteen of them were rescued unharmed.

भिडिओ हेर्न तल क्लिक गर्नु होस् 

Sixteen workers including three Chinese workers at the tunnel construction site were trapped after a landslip blocked the tunnel entrance yesterday. Of them, 13 were rescued at 3:30 am today and rushed to Western Regional Hospital, Pokhara. Hospital medical superintendent Dr Shree Krishna Shrestha said the workers were fine and had been discharged.

Search is on for two workers missing inside the tunnel, Kaski Police chief said. The missing workers have been identified as Arjun Tamang and Narendra Tamang of Udayapur.

Rescuers kept the trapped workers alive by supplying oxygen and water from a pipe.

Those who were saved

भिडिओ हेर्न तल क्लिक गर्नु होस् 

• Manoj Pulami, 23, Makawanpur

• Umesh Kumar, Rai, 21 Udayapur

• Narayan Shrestha, 29, Dhading

• Bishnu Lama, 54, Makawanpur

• Bishal Gole, 2,1 Makawanpur

• Nawaraj Thokar, 19, Makawanpur

• Deuram Thokar, 25, Makawanpur

• Ganesh Thapa Magar, 25, Makawanpur

• Sher Bahadur Saitang, 18, Makawanpur

• Ramchandra BK, 32, Kaski

• Sujan Bhujel, 18, Khotang

• Shivaraj Tamang, 20, Udayapur

• You Zhan Ming, 50, China