Nepal Rescuers Race to Reach Any Survivors Trapped in Tunnels a Week After Disaster
Foreign teams are aiding the search as rescuers battle mud and blocked tunnels, while 11 hydropower stations and one solar plant have stopped operating.
- Since August 26, 639 hydropower workers remain missing in Rasuwa, prompting an ongoing search and rescue operation in the area.
- The Nepal Electricity Authority reported that 11 hydropower stations and one solar station stopped operating, while 15 additional power projects under construction were damaged.
- Energy Minister Biraj Bhakta Shrestha told reporters on Tuesday, "We have access to all the tunnels, but it's problematic to get inside, as there are rocks and sludge."
- On Monday, rescuers recovered three bodies from the tunnel sites, while international teams joined the ongoing search efforts, said Shanti Mahat, spokeswoman of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority .
- Disaster expert and tunnel engineering professor Arnold Dix is advising rescue efforts amid the difficult search, as teams continue working despite the massive challenges.
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