HoR session: 'Search continues for those missing in hydropower plant tunnels'
Summary
Search efforts continue for employees missing in hydropower project tunnels after the August 26 floods in the Bhotekoshi-Trishuli river system. The government has announced relief for affected families and estimated nearly Rs 390.6 billion will be needed to revive the energy sector.
Key Points
- Search and rescue operations are ongoing in hydropower project tunnels with the coordination of the Nepali Army and foreign experts.
- Nine hundred people from the Nepal Electricity Authority and other projects remain missing after the flood disaster.
- Eleven projects were shut down, while 955 of 1,433 workers at the Upper Trishuli-1 Hydropower Project were rescued.
- The government will provide Rs 500,000 and 50 percent of salary for six months to dependent families of missing Electricity Authority employees.
