HumanitarianHighPartialAccelerating
8.2
Nepal rescuers focus on hydropower tunnels two weeks after deadly floods
RTÉLO·NP · CN·2 days ago
A Chinese worker was rescued alive after ten days trapped in a tunnel at a Nepalese hydropower plant, the third extraction so far. Authorities report roughly 900 workers remain missing across multiple hydroelectric projects in Nepal, indicating a large-scale infrastructure disaster with ongoing search and rescue operations. The incident highlights severe safety and regulatory failures in Nepal's hydropower construction sector.
Locations
Entities