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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Fury in Nepal amid delays in search for missing workers after catastrophic floods

  • Catastrophic flash floods caused by a glacier collapse on 26 August have killed at least 1,399 people and left more than 5,400 missing across Nepal and Tibet .
  • Army-led rescue teams are focussing search efforts on three hydropower project tunnels, where around 121 workers are believed to be trapped underground.
  • Relatives of missing workers protested in Kathmandu over alleged delays and a lack of heavy machinery deployed to the Trishuli hydropower project sites.
  • Prime Minister Balendra Shah pledged that rescue operations will continue without let-up, as search teams recently freed three hydropower workers and a woman from buried structures.
  • Nepal held a national day of mourning on Monday for the victims as the government estimated the disaster has caused $2.56bn in damages.

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