Families demand answers for missing hydropower workers
Summary
Families of workers missing after the Bhotekoshi floods gathered at Maitighar Mandala in Kathmandu, demanding a faster and larger search operation. The workers were employed at the Trishuli-3B hydropower project, and their whereabouts remain unknown days after the disaster.
Key Points
- Families and relatives of missing workers staged a protest at Maitighar Mandala in Kathmandu demanding urgent action from authorities.
- The workers were employed at the Trishuli-3B hydropower project when the Bhotekoshi floods struck.
- Relatives urged the government to deploy more personnel, technology and security forces to expand the search efforts.
- Search and rescue operations are continuing in the flood-hit region, but many people remain unaccounted for.