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.
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