Nepalese army, armed police and rescue personnel rescued two stranded engineers inside the tunnel of the Upper Chhuksikhola 3A hydropower plant; the two were subsequently taken to a hospital in Kathmandu.
The Nepalese military reported that it has deployed more than 8,300 personnel in total, rescued 2,697 people and evacuated over 10,000; among them, 2,497 were airlifted by helicopter, including 72 Chinese nationals.
The day after the debris flow, the Nepalese military deployed helicopters and about 2000 personnel for rescue, evacuating 449 people by helicopter that day.