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After a Desperate Search for Survivors, Rescuers Find Bodies at Nepal Power Plant

Rescuers find bodies at Nepal power plant after desperate search for survivors

By · Published September 16, 2026 at 20:32 UTC · Updated September 16, 2026 at 21:24 UTC

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Families of workers at the Nepal power plant are grieving after rescuers found bodies in the plant's tunnel. The discovery follows a desperate search for survivors. Rescuers had deployed rat-hole mining techniques to try and locate trapped workers, similar to those used in a recent rescue in Uttarakhand's Silkyara.

The bodies were found in the audit-3 tunnel of the Upper Trishuli–1 power plant and in a tunnel at the Chilime Hydropower Project. The search for survivors is now over. The rat-hole mining technique was deployed after a recent rescue in Uttarakhand's Silkyara, where it was used to save workers trapped in a tunnel.

The bodies were found in the audit-3 tunnel of the Upper Trishuli–1 power plant and in a tunnel at the Chilime Hydropower Project. What will be the full extent of the impact of this disaster on the families of the workers and the community at large?

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Questions people are asking

What technique was used to try and locate trapped workers at the Nepal power plant?

Rat-hole mining, similar to that used in a recent rescue in Uttarakhand's Silkyara

Where were the bodies found?

In the audit-3 tunnel of the Upper Trishuli–1 power plant and in a tunnel at the Chilime Hydropower Project

What is rat-hole mining?

A technique that involves digging a small hole to reach workers trapped in a tunnel

Topics

Nepal power plant rescue rat-hole mining

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