KATHMANDU, Aug 31: A Nepali Army-led rescue team has returned after searching the tunnel of the Rasuwagadhi Hydropower Project in Rasuwa and finding no one trapped inside following the Bhotekoshi flood.
The team began the search after reports suggested that people could be trapped in the far end of the tunnel. Army personnel searched the tunnel with the assistance of an engineer and a drone team.
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The Prime Minister’s Secretariat said no one was found even after the team reached the end of the tunnel and conducted a drone search.
After confirming that no one was trapped inside, the search operation was called off, and the Nepali Army team returned to Dhunche, Rasuwa, according to the Secretariat.
