Rescue teams in Nepal have pulled two workers alive from a hydropower tunnel, nine days after they became trapped following devastating floods.
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The two men were rescued from the Trishuli 3A hydropower tunnel on Friday as emergency teams continued searching for other workers believed to remain trapped underground.
The flooding is suspected to have been caused by a glacier collapse, which left several workers stranded inside the tunnel and triggered a major rescue operation.
The rescue was announced by Nepalese lawmaker Shri Ram Neupane, who shared the development on his Facebook page shortly after Army spokesperson Brig. Gen. Raja Ram Basnet confirmed that the first trapped worker had been rescued.
Local television channels broadcast images of the first worker covered in mud as rescuers carried him out of the site on their shoulders.
Officials said both rescued workers were in stable condition. They were subsequently flown to a hospital in Kathmandu, where they are receiving medical treatment.
Rescue teams are continuing their efforts to locate the other workers who are believed to still be trapped inside the tunnel.