Survivor recounts harrowing escape from hydro tunnel
Hundreds of workers remain trapped in tunnels following a massive flood that destroyed hydropower projects in Nepal. Rescue operations are underway as authorities struggle to reach those stranded in the remote mountain corridors.
Why it matters
This disaster highlights the extreme risks associated with large-scale infrastructure projects in geologically volatile regions.
— 1:16pm , first published August 31, 2026 — 6:55am
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Bidur, Nepal: Dhan Bahadur Tamang arrived at work at 7.20am on Wednesday, stretched with his team, then headed down the tunnels for another day of building a hydropower plant designed to increase blackout-prone Nepal’s power generation by at least 20 per cent.
The $900 million project, called Upper Trishuli-1, was almost finished. Then, in a matter of minutes, it was destroyed.
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