Nepali rescuers on Saturday rescued a Chinese national from a hydropower plant hit by the August 26 deadly mudslide on a border zone between Nepal and China, according to the Chinese Embassy in Nepal.
The Chinese national was rescued by the Nepali Army in coordination with a disaster expert team from South Korea, 11 days after the devastating mudslide struck the area.
The survivor was taken by an army helicopter to a local hospital for further medical assessment and care.
The rescue is part of an intensified effort to locate and evacuate people believed to be trapped inside hydropower project tunnels following the mudslide that swept through the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river systems.
The disaster caused extensive damage to several hydropower projects and other infrastructure in the affected areas. Some workers and other people are believed to have been trapped inside hydropower tunnels and have remained out of contact.
Before the rescue of the Chinese national, the Nepali Army said in a social media post that a joint rescue team comprising 20 Nepali Army personnel and project representatives had been conducting search operations.
The Nepali Army has been conducting search and rescue operations in coordination with foreign technical teams, including experts from China, India and South Korea, to reach people stranded inside structures at several hydropower projects.
Triggered by an ice-rock avalanche, the disaster has so far claimed 1,344 lives in Nepal, with nearly 4,900 people still missing, according to local authorities.
Chinese national pulled out alive from mudslide-hit hydropower plant in Nepal
