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Rescuers Pull Two Workers Alive From Trishuli Tunnel

9/7/2026

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Rescue Teams Retrieve

Rescue teams pulled two workers alive from the Trishuli 3A tunnel nine days after the collapse.
The 30-year-old Sanjaya Shah and 45-year-old Kabir Maharjan were airlifted to Kathmandu.
One survivor had mild hypothermia while the other remained in critical condition.
Nepal’s agency reported at least 1,294 deaths, 5,053 missing, including 583 foreigners.
Rescue assistance arrived from India, China, South Korea, the United States and Australia.

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Bidur Town Isolated

Shushma Bhusal of the International Federation of Red Cross says the Bidur bridge collapse isolated the town.
The destroyed bridge turned a ten-minute crossing into a ten-hour trek.
The loss of the bridge cut access to Trishuli Hospital.
Nepal has formally asked the UN loss-and-damage fund for $50 million as climate-justice compensation.
Health officials warn cholera, diarrheal disease and tuberculosis risks as 19,000 people receive hygiene kits.

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Police Bury

Police have temporarily buried 1,030 unidentified bodies across multiple districts, preserving DNA samples for later identification.
Only about one in ten recovered bodies have been formally identified.
Nepal Police spokesman Abi Narayan Kafle said 96 bodies have been handed to families after identification.
Families protest, claiming mass temporary burials violate Hindu funeral traditions.
A veteran priest declared the cremation of about 300 kusha-grass effigies at Pashupatinath Temple legitimate.

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Rescue Teams Retrieve

Rescue teams pulled two workers alive from the Trishuli 3A tunnel nine days after the collapse.
The 30-year-old Sanjaya Shah and 45-year-old Kabir Maharjan were airlifted to Kathmandu.
One survivor had mild hypothermia while the other remained in critical condition.
Nepal’s agency reported at least 1,294 deaths, 5,053 missing, including 583 foreigners.
Rescue assistance arrived from India, China, South Korea, the United States and Australia.

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