APF teams continue search for signs of life amid rubble after Bhotekoshi flood
Summary
Armed Police Force teams are continuing search and rescue operations in flood-hit Rasuwa and Nuwakot, looking for survivors buried under rubble after the Bhotekoshi-Trishuli flood. The disaster destroyed homes and killed or left missing several APF personnel, even as rescuers managed to save people from collapsed houses and a tunnel.
Key Points
- APF teams are searching flood-hit areas of Rasuwa and Nuwakot for survivors trapped under debris after the August 26 Bhotekoshi-Trishuli flood.
- Thirteen APF personnel went missing in the disaster, including officers stationed in Timure and at the Trishuli Hydropower Project base in Mailung.
- Rescuers pulled a six-year-old girl alive from debris in Timure and later rescued 65-year-old Chandika Shrestha from a buried house in Bidur-10, Nuwakot.
- APF teams have also joined tunnel rescue operations at Trishuli-3A, using drones and trained dogs to support the search.
