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IN PHOTOS | Nepal floods: Rescue teams scour Rasuwagadhi tunnel as fate of 93 missing workers remains unclear

Updated On: 31 August, 2026 07:57 PM IST | Divya Nair

Rescue teams search the flood-affected Rasuwagadhi Hydropower Project tunnel in Nepal after 93 workers remained untraced following devastating floods along the Bhote Koshi River. PICS/AFP

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Nepali soldiers walking inside a tunnel to rescue workers after flash floods at Rasuwagadhi Hydropower Project in Rasuwa district. PIC/AFP
Nepali soldiers walking inside a tunnel to rescue workers after flash floods at Rasuwagadhi Hydropower Project in Rasuwa district. PIC/AFP
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A rescue team found no one inside the tunnel of the flood-affected Rasuwagadhi Hydropower Project (RHPL) in Rasuwa, while the fate of 93 people working on the project remains unclear
A rescue team found no one inside the tunnel of the flood-affected Rasuwagadhi Hydropower Project (RHPL) in Rasuwa, while the fate of 93 people working on the project remains unclear
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"The rescue team led by the Nepali Army has returned after searching the tunnel of the 111-MW flood-affected project in Rasuwa and finding no people inside," the Prime Minister's Secretariat said on Monday
"The rescue team led by the Nepali Army has returned after searching the tunnel of the 111-MW flood-affected project in Rasuwa and finding no people inside," the Prime Minister's Secretariat said on Monday
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The team reached the innermost section of the tunnel, including its endpoint, and conducted a search using drones. "However, no signs of human presence were found during the operation," the Prime Minister's Secretariat said
The team reached the innermost section of the tunnel, including its endpoint, and conducted a search using drones. "However, no signs of human presence were found during the operation," the Prime Minister's Secretariat said
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The Army team, accompanied by engineers and a drone team, launched the search after it was suspected that people could be trapped at the far end of the tunnel following flooding in the Bhote Koshi River
The Army team, accompanied by engineers and a drone team, launched the search after it was suspected that people could be trapped at the far end of the tunnel following flooding in the Bhote Koshi River
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China Fire and Rescue personnel also joined the Rasuwa tunnel search operation.
China Fire and Rescue personnel also joined the Rasuwa tunnel search operation.

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