Nepal rescue teams blast tunnels as hundreds of hydropower workers remain trapped
Rescuers in Nepal are using explosives and pumping air into mud filled tunnels in a desperate effort to reach more than 600 hydropower workers believed to be trapped after the devastating floods along the Trishuli River.
The families of the missing workers are growing increasingly anxious as the rescue operation enters a critical phase. Officials say 279 workers have been rescued from the affected sites, while more than 11,000 people have been rescued across the wider disaster zone.
Nepal’s disaster management authority has put the death toll from the floods at 939, with 3,925 people still missing, including 592 foreign nationals.
The rescue effort involves Nepalese and Chinese military personnel, with experts from India, South Korea and Australia also assisting. At least 11 hydropower projects were damaged by the floods, underscoring the scale of the disaster for a
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