{"id":435175,"date":"2026-08-31T22:32:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T16:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=435175"},"modified":"2026-08-31T22:32:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T16:47:35","slug":"bhotekoshi-floods-search-and-rescue-of-missing-persons-intensified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/08\/31\/435175.html","title":{"rendered":"Bhotekoshi floods: Search and rescue of missing persons intensified"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Kathmandu: <\/strong>More than 3,900 people, including security personnel, employees, workers of hydropower project and foreign tourists, are still missing after being caught in the August 26 Bhotekoshi floods in Rasuwa, Nuwakot and beyond. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/HB_KTM_RSS_11_1000155775-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-434921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/HB_KTM_RSS_11_1000155775-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/HB_KTM_RSS_11_1000155775-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/HB_KTM_RSS_11_1000155775-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/HB_KTM_RSS_11_1000155775-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/HB_KTM_RSS_11_1000155775-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">File Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Those reported missing include 25 Nepal Police personnel, 45 Nepali Army personnel, 13 Armed Police personnel, 15 customs officials, three Immigration officers, 639 Hydropower Project personnel, 592 foreign nationals, 164 Nepalis who accompanied foreign tourists, 865 from Rasuwa, 1,558 from Nuwakot, and three employees each from the Langtang National Park and Quarantine Office. The government has intensified the search and rescue of missing citizens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the command of the Nepal Army, the Armed Police Force, Nepal Police and expert teams have continued their efforts to rescue those believed to be still trapped in the tunnels of different hydropower projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So far, the bodies of 939 people who died in the disaster have been found, including 23 in Rasuwa, 95 in Nuwakot, 55 in Dhading, 65 in Gorkha, 216 in Nawalparasi East, 168 in Nawalparasi West, 38 in Tanahun, and 279 in Chitwan, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority. Furthermore, 11,379 people affected by the floods have been rescued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of the injured in the floods, 168 have been discharged after treatment at different health facilities across the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Altogether, 8,791 Nepal Army, 4,203 Armed Police Force, and 7,909 Nepal Police personnel have been mobilized in the search and rescue operation in the affected areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RSS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under the command of the Nepal Army, the Armed Police Force, Nepal Police and expert teams have continued their efforts to rescue those believed to be still trapped in the tunnels of different hydropower projects. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":434921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3,4,2],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-435175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-en-cover","category-english","category-en-news","category-top-stories-main"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435175"}],"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\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435175"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":435176,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435175\/revisions\/435176"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435175"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=435175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}