{"id":435121,"date":"2026-08-31T14:33:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T08:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=435121"},"modified":"2026-08-31T14:33:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T08:48:34","slug":"search-and-rescue-operations-intensified-in-flood-affected-hydropower-tunnels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/08\/31\/435121.html","title":{"rendered":"Search and rescue operations intensified in flood-affected hydropower tunnels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Kathmandu:<\/strong> Search and rescue operations have been intensified for people trapped inside tunnels of hydropower projects following the Bhotekoshi floods in Rasuwa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A team of experts led by the Nepali Army has been carrying out search and rescue operations in the project tunnels for the past three days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Army\u2019s Directorate of Military Public Relations and Information, troops, including technical experts, are conducting searches inside the Trishuli-3 \u2018B\u2019 tunnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A joint team, including foreign experts, has also entered around 100 metres into the Chilime Hydropower tunnel in search of a missing person. The Army said the tunnel was blocked by mud, and two bodies were recovered during the search.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similarly, a search was conducted around 300 metres inside the Upper Trishuli-1 tunnel, where another body was recovered. Search and rescue operations are also continuing inside the Langtang Project tunnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At around 2 am today, explosives were used to open the tunnel at Trishuli-3 \u2018A\u2019. The Army said foot patrols are also continuing in forests, hills, rivers and residential areas to assess the need for further rescue operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Army spokesperson Rajaram Basnet said relief and food supplies are being distributed in the Syafrubesi area, while inspections are also being carried out around the Langtang Hydropower Project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A team of experts led by the Nepali Army has been carrying out search and rescue operations in the project tunnels for the past three days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":434987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3,4,76,5],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-435121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-en-cover","category-english","category-en-news","category-society","category-top-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435121"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435121"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":435122,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435121\/revisions\/435122"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435121"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=435121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}