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Drones aid in locating missing persons after Nepal floods, yet searching inside the hydropower tunnel remains challenging.

Drones aid in locating missing persons after Nepal floods, yet searching inside the hydropower tunnel remains challenging.

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September 1st, 2026

Drones aid in locating missing persons after Nepal floods, yet searching inside the hydropower tunnel remains challenging.

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Drone pilot Manish Maharjan has been assisting Nepalese rescue teams in locating individuals who went missing as a result of last week's devastating floods.

ドローンパイロットのマニッシュ・マハルジャン氏は先週の壊滅的な洪水によって行方不明となった人々をネパールの救助隊が発見するのを支援してきた

At times, he has utilized speakers mounted on the aircraft to call out to those stranded on the mountainside, or even to play music for them.

時には機体に取り付けたスピーカーを活用し山腹に取り残された人々に向けて呼びかけを行い、あるいは音楽を流すこともあった。

However, in his view, the search for the hundreds of workers who are likely trapped inside the power plant tunnelnow the top priority of the rescue operationpresents an entirely different set of challenges.

しかし彼の見解によれば現在救助活動の最優先課題となっている発電所トンネル内に閉じ込められている可能性が高い何百人もの労働者の捜索は極めて異なる困難を突きつけている

"The tunnel was packed solid with mud, much like toothpaste squeezed from a tube.

トンネルはチューブから押し出される歯磨き粉のように隙間なく泥で充填されていました。

There was no cavity or empty space whatsoever inside," stated Mr. Maharjan.

内部には空洞も空きスペースも一切存在しませんでしたマハルジャン氏は述べた。

Maharjan, who also works as a filmmaker, took part in rescue operations conducted by the Nepalese army the day after the flash flood that occurred on August 26.

マハルジャン氏は映画製作者としても活動しており、8月26日に発生した鉄砲水の翌日ネパール軍による救助活動に参加した

The flood claimed more than a thousand lives in Nepal and Tibet, and thousands of people remain unaccounted for to this day.

この洪水によりネパールとチベットでは1,000人以上の命が失われ数千人が依然として行方不明のままである

"We used speakers with microphones to call out to them.

私たちはマイク付きスピーカーを用いて彼らに呼びかけました

In some locations, we also adopted the approach of playing music and then waiting for a response," Maharjan stated.

場所によっては楽曲を再生した後に応答を待つという手法も採りました」とマハルジャン氏は述べる

"This proved effective in several instances and greatly assisted in locating people."

それがいくつかの事例において有効性を示し人々の所在を特定する上で大きな助けとなりました。」

The torrent unleashed by the glacial collapse inflicted severe damage on critical infrastructure, including roads, buildings, bridges, and hydroelectric plants.

氷河の決壊によって引き起こされた奔流は、道路建造物橋梁水力発電所といった重要インフラ甚大な被害を及ぼした

This stands as the latest indication of a mounting risk across the rapidly warming Himalayan region as a whole.

これは急速に温暖化が進むヒマラヤ地域全体において増大しつつあるリスクを示す最新の兆候である。

At least 900 workers remain unaccounted for across 12 hydroelectric projects buried under mud and debris, with an estimated 500 of them presumed trapped inside the power plants' tunnels.

少なくとも900人の労働者が、泥土と瓦礫の下に埋没した12の水力発電プロジェクトにおいて依然として行方不明のままでありそのうち約500人発電所のトンネル内に閉じ込められていると推測されている。

According to Mohan Kumar Dangi, president of the Independent Power Producers' Association, some workers inside the tunnel managed to make desperate calls for help at the time of the disaster.

独立発電事業者協会の会長モハン・クマール・ダンギ氏によると災害発生時トンネル内の一部の労働者かろうじて助けを求める電話をかけることができたという。

However, it remains unclear whether rescue teams have been able to establish contact with the trapped workers since the initial distress calls.

しかし最初の救助要請以来救助隊閉じ込められた労働者との連絡を確保できたかどうか依然として不明である

As time goes by, the rescue teams' efforts to locate the missing individuals are proving increasingly challenging.

時間の経過とともに救助隊による行方不明者の位置特定は、ますます困難な様相を呈している

Mr. Maharjan, who has been directing the deployment of thermal drones inside the tunnel, stated that the combination of difficult access and confined spaces has made the search operation exceedingly challenging.

マハルジャン氏はトンネル内部でのサーモドローン運用を指揮してきたがアクセスの困難さと空間の狭隘さが相まって捜索活動は極めて困難を極めると述べた

"The ability to fly a drone is confined to long, straight tunnels," he remarks.

ドローンを飛行させることが可能なのは、長く直線状のトンネルに限られる」と彼は述べる

"When bends and zigzags are present, piloting and conducting an efficient search become considerably more arduous."

曲がり角やジグザグが存在する場合、操縦や効率的な捜索活動は格段に困難を極める。」

On Monday, at the site of the Rasuwagadhi hydropower project, Maharjan deployed the drone to the deepest and most remote reaches of the tunnel, yet no trace of life was detected whatsoever.

月曜日ラスワガディ水力発電プロジェクトの現場において、マハルジャン氏ドローンをトンネルの最深部、そして最果ての地点まで投入したものの生命の痕跡一切確認されなかった。

"I checked repeatedly, but the place was filled with mud and rubble," he recalled.

幾度となく確認を重ねたそこ泥土と瓦礫で埋め尽くされていたと彼は述懐する

"Confronted with that sight, I could only be struck by the sheer destructive force of the flood."

その光景を目の当たりにし、洪水の破壊力を思い知らされるほかなかった。」

September 1st, 2026

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