Nepal Resumes Bid to Reach Trapped Tunnel Workers
- On Sunday, Nepal Army rescue teams resumed efforts to reach workers trapped in mud-swamped tunnels at the Trishuli-3A site after rain and rising river waters hampered operations earlier in the day.
- A glacial collapse on the China-Nepal border on Wednesday triggered a massive wall of mud and debris, leaving 933 hydropower workers missing, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority.
- The Nepal Electricity Authority reported 11 hydropower stations and one solar station stopped operating, with 15 additional projects under construction damaged, representing about 10 percent of electricity generation capacity.
- More than 800 people are confirmed dead and over 3,000 are missing, though government officials state more than 100 workers may still be alive inside multiple tunnels.
- Specialised Indian and Chinese tunnel-rescue teams have joined the search alongside expert mountain rescue teams from Everest, navigating the "difficult conditions" teams face at disaster sites.
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The rescuers are always trying to get in touch with the workers of the construction site of an electric power plant in Nepal. An air pipe was sent to keep alive the 100 people trapped in the tunnel. But the operations are hampered by the threat of a new water hold upstream, as well as by the rain that makes the area inaccessible. Faced with these conditions, the survivors of the affected villages feel abandoned and the anger begins to rise. (Int…
Hundreds trapped in Nepal hydropower plant’s blocked tunnels
More than 800 people are now confirmed to have died in the Nepal and Tibet flash flood - with over 3,000 listed as missing. Hundreds are thought to be workers at Nepal's hydropower projects - who are trapped in blocked tunnels.
Meanwhile, a school principal is being celebrated as a hero because he saved 900 students with a quick decision.
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Thousands of soldiers have been deployed to help with difficult rescue work at Nepal's hydroelectric projects.
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