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Two workers have been found alive in a tunnel nine days after Nepal was hit with devastating flash floods.
The two people were found inside the tunnel of the Trishuli 3A Hydropower Project in Nepal as rescue workers are currently working to free other trapped inside.
One person has been named as Sanjaya Shah, a mechanical foreman with the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA).
Authorities have named the second worker as Kabir Maharjan.
Flooding hit the Trishuli river on the border on the Himalayan border between Nepal and Tibet nine days ago.
The first worker Mr Shah, was not found in a condition to talk, according to the BBC citing authorities.
His injuries, however, are not being considered critical, an aide to the energy minister told Reuters.
The hydropower foreman has now been airlifted to a hospital north west of capital Kathmandu.
Around 39 workers remain in the tunnel
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Mr Maharjan "smiled and was thankful" after he was rescued but cannot move his hands and legs, the aide to the energy minister said.
His brother, Amir, said he has been told to go to hospital but not yet received official confirmation.
"The entire family is very happy," he said.
The search operation bored into the tunnel which is believed to contain 39 other workers - although it is unclear how many are alive.
Rescuers 'heard voices' coming from the hydroelectric tunnel
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Video showed around a dozen workers pulling up a man from a hole in the ground as other clapped.
Bipin Regmi, police chief in the flood-hit district of Nuwakot, told US outlet CNN the rescuers had "heard voices" coming from the tunnel.
Rescuers responded saying "don't panic, we are here to rescue you", according to local news outlets.
The underground tunnel, where dozens of people were working when the devastating flash flood struck is more than four kilometres long.
'The entire family is very happy' said the brother of Kabir Maharjan, one of the men rescued
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Hopes to find the workers had been dwindling, but officials now expect to save at least 42 from the plant.
Some 36 British nationals are still missing after the large floods, Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign Office Lord Wood of Anfield told the House of Lords on Tuesday.
Damador Acharya, a Nepalese charity worker, told GB News on Friday the situation was "terrifying" on the ground.
The charity worker it was "really difficult" to travel to the rescue operation for the loved ones of those missing.
Some 36 Britons are among the 4,000 missing after the devastating flood
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Andy Burnham, in his first address in the House of Commons, expressed his "profound shock and horror" at the video of the flood.
"The Foreign Secretary is doing everything he can to support the Nepalese government and British nationals in the region," he said.
Confirming that he would attend the United Nations' Climate Conference COP31, he said: "This is what the climate crisis looks like. We have just ourselves experienced what is likely to have been the hottest summer on record."
Britain announced a £5million aid package in response to the initial flooding.
At least 1,200 people have been confirmed dead, while more than 4,000 are missing.
More to follow...