By Friday afternoon, police had halted the Trishuli 3A tunnel search after finding no further signs of life. [S1]
Two hydropower workers were pulled alive from the tunnel on September 4 after being trapped for nine days following the August 26 floods. [S1][S3][S4][S5]
The survivors were identified as Sanjay Shah, also spelled Sah, and Kabir Maharjan. [S1][S3]
Both men were flown to a hospital in Kathmandu for treatment. [S1][S5]
A body was also recovered during the rescue operation. [S1][S5]
Al Jazeera called the pair the first people rescued from Nepal hydropower projects, but The Guardian reported that more than 270 people had already been rescued across several projects. [S1][S4]
Verification result: verified, because the sole contradicted material claim carries 72 of 372 total weight (19.4%), below the 20% threshold, while the central rescue claim is independently corroborated. [S1][S3][S4]
The supplied reporting does not resolve whether the conflicting rescue totals use different definitions, so the first-rescue assertion should not be treated as settled. [S1][S4]
