Two killed, 10 injured as heavy rain lashes Kathmandu, other parts of Nepal
As many as 12 workers were buried when the dam side tunnel of Jhirpu Electro Power Company Limited collapsed following heavy rainfall
New Delhi: At least two workers building a tunnel at a hydropower project in Nepal were killed and ten injured as heavy rain lashed Kathmandu and other parts of the country on July 5 and 6, officials said. Most places in Bagmati, Gandaki and Lumbini provinces received light to moderate rain while heavy rainfall occurred in a few places of Bagmati, Koshi, Gandaki and Karnali.
Two labourers died on July 5 after they were buried in the tunnel of the under-construction Bhotekoshi Hydropower Project in Sindhupalchowk district, 125 km East of Kathmandu.
As many as 12 workers were buried when the dam side tunnel of Jhirpu Electro Power Company Limited, which is under construction in Bhotekoshi Rural Municipality, collapsed following heavy rainfall.
The police said 10 workers were injured in the incident. The injured were rescued and admitted to a local hospital for treatment.
Separately, an 18-year-old boy went missing after the Rapti River in the Dang district of Western Nepal swept him away.
A woman has also gone missing in Dolakha district, about 180 kilometres East of Kathmandu, after being swept away by the flooding river.
The police have started a riverbank patrolling after the water level of rivers in the Kathmandu Valley increased alarmingly in the wake of incessant rainfall.
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