BHOJPUR, July 31: Two laborers of a hydropower project have gone missing in a flood that occurred last night in Bhojpur district.
According to the chief of the District Police Office, Yubaraj Timsina, two workers of the under-construction Ikhuwa Hydropower Project in Salpasilichho Rural Municipality were swept away in the flood last night.
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Timsina said that 26-year-old Shyam Kumar Tharu and 30-year-old Ramesh Tharu of Barabardiya Rural Municipality-3 in Bardiya district were missing in the flood.
Ram Kisan Tharu, 26, was rescued from the site and is receiving treatment at Kulung Health Post.
Police said that a search for the missing ones is ongoing.
