Body recovered from Upper Trishuli 3-A hydropower tunnel
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- Rescue workers recovered one unidentified body from a tunnel at Nepal’s Upper Trishuli 3-A Hydropower Project.
- Two Nepal Electricity Authority employees were rescued alive and are receiving treatment in Kathmandu, with their condition reported as normal.
- The authority estimates that 42 engineers and employees remain trapped, while search operations continue.
Rescuers recovered a body from the tunnel of Nepal’s Upper Trishuli 3-A Hydropower Project, where two people had earlier been brought out alive. The deceased person’s identity has not yet been established.
Project Chief Awas Ojha said security personnel recovered the body. The rescue team includes personnel from the Nepal Army, Armed Police Force, Nepal Police and the Nepal Electricity Authority.
The two survivors, Nepal Electricity Authority mechanical foreman Sanjay Sah and supervisor Kabir Maharjan, are being treated at the Nepal Army hospital in Kathmandu. The Nepal Army said their condition is normal.
The Nepal Electricity Authority estimates that 42 engineers and employees remain trapped inside the powerhouse located within the tunnel. Most are believed to be inside the underground facility, and rescue teams continue searching to determine whether more people can be saved.
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