Kathmandu, Sept. 5 -- A Chinese national was rescued alive from the Upper Trishuli-1 hydropower project's tunnel on the 10th day after being trapped there, Nepali Army spokesman Rajaram Basnet said.

A joint rescue team involving the Nepali Army and foreign rescuers found Luhaitao about 225 metres inside the tunnel and brought him out alive. He is undergoing a medical check-up, while the search and rescue operation at the project continues.

Separately, the Armed Police Force rescued 60-year-old Chandika Shrestha from the upper floor of a four-storey house buried under debris in Betravati, Nuwakot.

The nine-member team, led by Armed Police Inspector Suman Kumar BK, carried out the rescue in Bidur Municipality-10, police said.

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