Kathmandu, Sept. 4 -- Nine days after a flash flood tore through the Trishuli river corridor in central Nepal, rescuers on Friday pulled two men alive from a tunnel at the Trishuli 3A Hydropower Project, raising hopes that others could still be trapped inside.

The men are identified as Sanjay Sah, a mechanical foreman, and Kabir Maharjan, a mechanical supervisor, according to Shri Ram Neupane, a lawmaker from the Rastriya Swatantra Party and an engineer who has been involved in the search operation since the flood struck on August 26.

Both men were airlifted to Kathmandu. Army officials said Sah will be treated at Birendra Army Hospital in Chhauni, while Maharjan will be taken to the National Trauma Centre.

Sah was rescued earlier on F...