Nepal floods: Good chance that trapped workers are still alive in hydropower plant, official says
Rescue teams in Nepal are working to reach dozens of workers trapped in a hydropower plant tunnel following devastating floods. Officials remain optimistic that survivors can be found as they have access to food and water in a dry chamber.
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The rescue operation is a critical humanitarian effort involving international cooperation to save lives after a major natural disaster.
KATHMANDU: There is a high chance that dozens of workers may be found alive after a week trapped in an underground chamber at Nepal's Rasuwagadhi hydropower plant following deadly flash floods, a Nepal Electricity Authority official said on Wednesday (Sept 2).
"In Rasuwagadhi, we think 46 people are trapped in a room-like structure in the tunnel," Amshu Kiran Shahi, a board member of the Nepal Electricity Authority, said.
"We are very confident that they must be alive after one week because... they have food and water over there in the building."
So far, Nepali authorities have rescued 279 people from hydropower projects swamped by the unprecedented deluge of ice, rock, mud and debris, triggered by a glacial collapse near the country's border with China.
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