Everest Guides Enter Mud-Choked Nepal Hydropower Tunnel To Rescue Six
· World · Times of India, Zee News, The Hindu
Everest veterans and IFMGA-certified mountain guides joined rescue operations in flood-ravaged Rasuwa in Nepal's Nuwakot district on Saturday, entering a mud-choked hydropower tunnel at the Chilime project where six people were believed trapped. Specialist climbers Ashish Gurung, Dorjee Sherpa and Jenjen Lama — a six-time Everest summiteer — pushed around 120 metres inside before chest-deep sludge halted further progress, recovering a camera bag and concluding that pumps and excavation equipment would be needed to advance. Authorities believe around 300 workers remain unaccounted for inside the Upper Trishuli-1 tunnel system, adding to the wider toll across the disaster corridor. The trapped workforce across both projects includes Nepalese, Indian, Chinese and South Korean nationals, with authorities still reconciling attendance records to confirm exact numbers. NNMGA and the Nepal Mountaineering Instructors Association deployed helicopter longline and ground teams after floods swept a
Why it matters
Indian workers are among those believed trapped inside the Chilime and Upper Trishuli-1 hydropower tunnels, making this a direct safety concern for Indian nationals employed in Nepal's energy projects and for the families tracking their fate.
Read the original report — Times of India
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