Live updates: Rescues underway as two workers pulled alive more than a week after Nepal-China floods
Following devastating floods in Nepal, villagers are using makeshift zip lines to cross the Trishuli River to return home. The infrastructure damage has left many communities isolated, forcing residents to rely on improvised solutions for basic mobility.
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Link Copied! Flood-stricken villagers line up for days to return home via makeshift zip line By Zahid Mahmood Reuters Dozens of Nepali villagers who were stranded by the deadly floods lined up for days to return home via a makeshift zip line on Friday.
Images by Reuters news agency shows villagers waiting their turn as the zip line carriage moves across the Trishuli River, more than a week after flash floods devastated the area and swept away bridges.
One villager, Sujana Sunar, said she had stood on line Thursday but failed to get a spot on the zip line.
“Today I came very early, at 5 a.m. (7:15 p.m. ET Thursday); by that time, 30 (people) were already gathered waiting here,” the 40-year-old flood survivor said.
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