The Prime Minister’s Office has said that no one was found during a search inside the tunnel of the Rasuwagadhi Hydropower Project.
A rescue team led by the Nepal Army searched the project’s tunnel as it was feared that around 14 people might have been trapped inside it after the Bhotekoshi flood.
After no one was found during the search, the Nepal Army-led rescue team returned.
The search was launched after concerns that people might have been trapped at the far end of the tunnel. An army team, accompanied by engineers and a drone team, carried out the operation.
According to the Prime Minister’s Office, the team reached the innermost section, or the endpoint, of the tunnel and also used a drone to search the area, but found no one.
“After confirming that there was no one inside the tunnel, the search operation was concluded, and the Nepal Army team returned to Dhunche in Rasuwa,” the office said.