Families wait for the missing at Trishuli 3B, 13 days on
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- Floods and a landslide at Nepal’s Upper Trishuli-3 “B” hydropower project left 191 workers missing after the disaster on August 26.
- Thirteen people have since been reached, while the company says 178 remain unaccounted for and search efforts continue.
Families are still waiting for news of missing workers 13 days after floods and a landslide struck Nepal’s Upper Trishuli-3 “B” hydropower project.
The disaster hit the Bhotekoshi area on August 26 and caused extensive damage to the 37-megawatt project. A total of 191 people working there went missing.
Thirteen of those workers have since been reached, but the company says 178 remain unaccounted for. Search and rescue efforts are continuing.
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