Kathmandu : Eleven more bodies of workers who went missing after the Bhotekoshi flood in Rasuwa on Bhadra 10 have been recovered from the Upper Trishuli-1 Hydropower Project.
The bodies were found trapped in a wire mesh and buried in mud inside the project’s Audit-3 tunnel during the search operation. A joint rescue team, including project representatives, recovered the bodies while conducting a search inside the tunnel.
With the recovery of 11 bodies on Saturday, a total of 24 bodies have now been recovered from the Upper Trishuli-1 project, according to the latest search and rescue update. Earlier, a Chinese national was rescued alive from the same project. No other person has been rescued alive since then.
A team comprising personnel from the Nepali Army, Armed Police Force and technical experts continues search and rescue operations inside the tunnel.
A large number of people went missing from the project site following the flood. The search for those still unaccounted for is continuing, according to the Nepali Army.
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