Nepal Tunnel Rescuers Seek Trapped Workers but Hit Dead Ends
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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There is a great chance that dozens of workers will be found alive after spending a week trapped in an underground chamber at the Rasuwagadhi hydroelectric plant in Nepal, said on Wednesday Amhsu Kiran Shahi, member of the board of the country's Electricity Authority. The workers were imprisoned after an avalanche of mud had hit Nepalese territory and Tibet last week, leaving more than a thousand dead.
By Jessie Yeung, CNN Nepali teams and foreign specialists struggle to locate dozens of workers who are feared to be trapped alive inside hydroelectric power station tunnels in Nepal, after the thick mud buried the facilities during last week’s devastating flash floods.
A week after the flood disaster, thousands of people are still missing. Hundreds of workers are suspected of being in the tunnel systems of devastated hydroelectric power plants.
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AlKhaleej TodayA week on, rescue search grows more desperate for 100-plus Nepal hydropower workers trapped in tunnel
KATHMANDU, Sept 2 — Nepali rescuers searched Wednesday for survivors feared trapped inside hydropower tunnels a week after devastating floods, but hopes were fading as teams hit...
Nepal tunnel rescuers seek trapped workers but hit dead ends
The government had said intially it believed that more than 100 workers could be alive inside multiple tunnels. "The search and rescue operation is still underway, and foreign teams are also supporting it at the hydropower tunnels," said Shanti Mahat, spokeswoman of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA). "They are continuing to work despite difficulties. There is a heavy volume of mud and debris and sludge." Thos…
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