“THE WORK GOES ON”
“Work is also underway at the tunnels,” Basnet said. “We don’t have an update yet, but the work goes on.”
The government initially said it believed more than 100 workers could be alive inside multiple tunnels.
Rescuers called it a “miracle” after the two men, caked in mud, were pulled out alive after being trapped for nine days.
They were taken to hospital and are said to be in a stable condition.
Experts from India, China, Australia and South Korea have been aiding Nepali rescuers in their search of survivors inside blocked tunnels.
With morgues overflowing, some 1,030 bodies had been buried in mass graves after taking DNA samples for future identification by family members, Nepal Police said on Saturday.
Prime Minister Balendra Shah promised to provide “safe and comfortable accommodation” for thousands of people displaced by the disaster and currently living in temporary relief camps.
“We know that staying there (camps) is not easy for you,” he said in an emotional post on social media late on Friday.
“(But) we will once again create an environment where you can dream about and build your future.”