Nine days on, Nepali soldiers pull Chinese national alive from hydropower tunnel

5 Sep 2026 • 5:17 PM MYT
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KATHMANDU, Sept 5 — A Chinese national was pulled alive Saturday from a tunnel buried by debris in Nepal after catastrophic flooding more than nine days ago, an army spokesman told AFP.

“A Chinese national has been rescued just now from a tunnel in the Upper Trishuli-1 Hydropower Project,” said Nepal Army spokesman Raja Ram Basnet. — AFP

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