Published : 02 Sep 2026, 09:46 PM
Updated : 16 Sep 2026, 11:47 AM
There is a high chance that dozens of workers may be found alive after a week trapped in an underground chamber at Nepal's Rasuwagadhi hydropower plant following deadly flash floods, a Nepal Electricity Authority official said on Wednesday.
"In Rasuwagadhi, we think 46 people are trapped in a room-like structure in the tunnel," Amhsu Kiran Shahi, a board member of the Nepal Electricity Authority, told Reuters.
According to Nepal's Independent Power Producers' Association (IPPAN), roughly 900 workers are unaccounted for across several hydropower sites along the Trishuli river, a waterway that cuts through a remote, mountainous stretch spanning multiple districts, CNN reports.
"We are very confident that they must be alive after one week because ... they have food and water over there in the building."
