Nepal floods: Over 800 people remain missing from hydropower projects, says energy minister尼泊尔洪灾:能源部长称,水电项目仍有800多人失踪
KATHMANDU: More than 800 people working at hydropower projects and related facilities remain unaccounted for nearly a month after the Bhotekoshi floods, Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Biraj Bhakta Shrestha told Parliament on Wednesday (Sept 23).
Members of the Nepal Army search and rescue team carry a Chinese national after he was rescued alive from a tunnel at the Upper Trishuli-1 Hydropower Project following devastating floods and mudslides, in Rasuwa, Nepal, September 5, 2026. Nepal Army/Handout via Reuters
KATHMANDU: More than 800 people working at hydropower projects and related facilities remain unaccounted for nearly a month after the Bhotekoshi floods, Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Biraj Bhakta Shrestha told Parliament on Wednesday (Sept 23).
Shrestha said the government would continue search and rescue operations for as long as there was a possibility of finding survivors.
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2026年9月5日,尼泊尔拉苏瓦,在特里苏里河上游1号水电站发生毁灭性洪水和泥石流后,尼泊尔陆军搜救队队员将一名从隧道中救出的中国公民抬出。(尼泊尔陆军/路透社供图)
加德满都:能源、水资源和灌溉部长比拉杰·巴克塔·什雷斯塔周三(9月23日)在议会表示,博特科西河洪水过后近一个月,仍有800多名在水电项目及相关设施工作的人员下落不明。
什雷斯塔表示,只要还有可能找到幸存者,政府就会继续进行搜救行动。
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