A body has been discovered inside a tunnel at a hydropower plant in Nepal where nine missing South Koreans were employed following a devastating flood. The identity of the victim has not yet been confirmed.
According to Yonhap News on August 31, citing AFP, Nepal's military announced that rescue teams recovered the body from the tunnel of the Upper Trishuli (UT)-1 power station in central-northern Nepal.
The military explained that a Chinese tunnel rescue team, participating in the Nepalese rescue efforts, managed to penetrate approximately 300 meters into the tunnel to locate the body.
The power station, being constructed by Korea Southeast Power and Doosan Enerbility, is where the nine missing South Koreans were working.
Mohan Kumar Thapa, president of the Nepal Independent Power Producers Association, told the AP that 576 people are unaccounted for at the Upper Trishuli-1 plant, with around 300 believed to be trapped inside the tunnel.
Nepalese rescue teams are focusing their efforts on the Trishuli 3A and 3B hydropower plant tunnels downstream, where they believe about 100 individuals may still be alive and trapped.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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