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Drones have assisted in search and rescue operations following the floods in Nepal, yet search efforts within the hydroelectric tunnels remain challenging.

Drones have assisted in search and rescue operations following the floods in Nepal, yet search efforts within the hydroelectric tunnels remain challenging.

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September 1st, 2026

Drones have assisted in search and rescue operations following the floods in Nepal, yet search efforts within the hydroelectric tunnels remain challenging.

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Drone pilot Manish Maharjan assists Nepal's search and rescue teams in locating individuals still missing after last week's devastating floods; at times, he uses speakers mounted on his drone to shout to people stranded on hillsides, even playing music to soothe their emotions.

無人機飛行員Manish Maharjan協助尼泊爾的搜救團隊尋找上週毀滅性洪水過後下落不明的人員;他有時會利用裝載於無人機上的揚聲器受困於山坡的民眾高聲呼喊甚至播放音樂以安撫其情緒

He pointed out, however, that locating the hundreds of workers believed to be trapped in the power plant's tunnelcurrently the primary focus of the rescue operationpresents a distinctly different challenge.

指出尋找據信被困發電廠隧道中數百名工人——目前救援行動的主要焦點——截然不同的挑戰

"We found the tunnel filled with mud, as viscous and clogged as toothpaste in a tube," Mahajan stated.

我們發現隧道內滿是泥漿宛如管中牙膏黏稠滯塞,」馬哈詹陳述道

"There were no voids, nor any open gaps within."

其中既無空洞亦無任何空曠的間隙。」

Mahajan, who also works as a film producer, joined the Nepalese army's rescue operations the day after the flash floods struck on August 26.

馬哈詹同時身兼電影製片人於8月26日山洪暴發後的翌日便投身尼泊爾軍隊救援行動

The floods have claimed over a thousand lives in both Nepal and Tibet, with thousands more still unaccounted for to this day.

此場洪災已在尼泊爾西藏兩地奪走逾千條人命,另有數千人至今下落不明

"We used a microphone public address system to call out to them.

我們運用麥克風擴音系統向他們喊話

In certain areas, we even played music and then waited for a response," Mahajan stated.

在某些區域我們甚至播放樂曲隨後靜候回應,」馬哈詹表示

"This approach proved effective in several cases, helping us locate missing individuals."

此舉在數起案件中奏效協助我們尋獲失蹤者。」

The torrent unleashed by the glacial collapse inflicted extensive damage on critical infrastructure, including roads, buildings, bridges, and hydroelectric plants, underscoring the escalating risks confronting the Himalayan region as a result of rapidly rising temperatures.

冰川崩塌後釋放的洪流對道路、建築物、橋樑及水電站等關鍵基礎設施造成了廣泛破壞這顯示出喜馬拉雅山區因氣候迅速升溫而面臨的風險日益增加

At present, at least nine hundred workers remain unaccounted for, all of whom were attached to twelve hydroelectric projects that have been buried under mud and debris; it is believed that roughly five hundred of them are trapped within the tunnels of the power plants.

目前至少有九百名工人仍告失蹤他們皆隸屬於遭泥漿與碎片掩埋十二個水電工程項目據信其中約五百人受困於發電廠的隧道內

Mohan Kumar Dangi, chairman of the Independent Power Producers' Association, noted that at the time of the disaster, some workers inside the tunnel had managed to send out distress signals.

獨立電力生產者協會主席Mohan Kumar Dangi指出災難發生之際隧道內部分工人曾成功發出求救信號

However, since the initial reports, it remains uncertain whether rescue teams have established any contact with the trapped workers.

然而自最初的通報以來救援團隊是否已與受困工人建立任何聯繫目前仍屬未知之數

As time went by, the rescue workers increasingly realized that locating the traces of these missing individuals had become ever more challenging.

隨著時光的推移救援人員日益發覺要尋獲這些失蹤者的蹤跡難度已愈發艱鉅

Mahajan, who has long operated thermal imaging drones within the tunnels, pointed out that the search operations have proven exceedingly arduous, given the difficulty of accessing the tunnels and the lack of open space.

馬哈詹長期在隧道內操作熱成像無人機他指出由於隧道難以進入缺乏開闊空間搜索行動可謂困難重重

"I can only fly into a tunnel that is both long and straight," he said.

只能飛進一條既長且直隧道,」

"Once curves, turns, or zigzag paths appear, the difficulty of maneuvering and conducting an effective search increases significantly."

一旦出現彎道轉彎之字形路徑操作有效搜索難度便會顯著增加。」

On Monday at the Rasuwagadhi hydropower project site, Mahajan successfully maneuvered the drone deep into the tunnel, advancing all the way to its end, yet throughout the entire journey, no signs of life were detected.

周一Rasuwagadhi水力發電工程現場馬哈詹成功將無人機操控至隧道深處一路推進至隧道盡頭全程未偵測到任何生命跡象

"We checked it repeatedly, but it was full of mud and debris," he said.

我們反覆檢查滿是泥漿碎片,」他說

"Looking at it, I could only imagine the force of the flood."

看著它只能想像洪水的威力。」

September 1st, 2026

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