Rescuers descended 180 meters into Upper Trishuli-3A hydropower tunnel using ropes, with 90 personnel deployed across multiple sites searching for trapped workers. Nearly 200 unidentified bodies from Tibet were buried in a Nepali forest due to lack of DNA preservation equipment as decomposition risks mounted.
Rescuers rappel into Nepal hydropower tunnels in desperate search for flood survivors
At least 272 unidentified bodies recovered; workers trapped in hydropower tunnels; entire villages washed away; hundreds missing across the Nepal-China border region.