537 people out of contact with nine hydropower projects

लगानी न्यूज

१३ भाद्र २०८३, शनिबार १९:१७August 29, 2026

{{TAG_OPEN_div_16} Kathmandu. As many as 537 employees and workers of nine hydropower projects have been incommunicado so far due to the floods in the Bhotekoshi River. According to the Independent Power Producers’ Association, Nepal (IPPAN), 898 people working in nine hydropower projects in Rasuwa and Nuwakot have gone out of contact. Of them, 361 have been rescued.

Out of 576 people who went missing from the 216 MW Upper Trishuli 1 Hydropower Project, 254 have been rescued. It is said that 300 workers and employees are still trapped in the tunnel of the same project. The search is currently underway in the tunnel.

Similarly, 93 people have gone missing from the 111 MW Rasuwagadhi Hydropower Project. Four people have gone missing from the Rasuwa Bhotekoshi Hydropower Project, according to IPPAN. Out of 42 people who have gone missing from the Langtang Khola Hydropower Project, 18 have been rescued so far.TAG_OPEN_div_12

Similarly, eight people from Chilime Hydropower have gone out of contact. Seven people have gone out of contact with Mailung Khola Hydropower. One person has gone out of contact with Trishuli Hydropower Project. One person has gone missing from Devighat Hydropower Project. 42 people have gone out of contact from Upper Trishuli ‘3A’ Hydropower Project.

TAG_OPEN_div_8 Of the 122 people who went missing from the Upper Trishuli ‘3B’ Hydropower Project, 91 were rescued alive. Two people have gone missing from the Middle Trishuli Ganga Hydropower Project.