Nepal rescuers blast hillside in search of hydropower workers as families wait anxiously
Rescuers have resorted to explosives as they struggle to reach trapped workers, as the flooding death toll reaches 939.
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Notable Quotes
""I wish we could find him. I wish he would come home.""
— Anushila Bhandari , Other
""I still have a 50% hope that he is alive because there is an oxygen system inside.""
— Sita Pandey , Other
""The longer it takes, the more our hope dies. This operation must move much faster because every second is meaningful to us.""
— Jiban Khadka , Other
""Those who returned from the hydropower site said there were people inside the tunnel.""
— Priya Kharel , Other
""The actual signature of them has gone - everything is just missing. It looks like a lunar landscape.""
— Arnold Dix , Executive
Key People
Anushila Bhandari is the wife of a missing engineer in the rescue operation.
Arnold Dix is an Australian engineer aiding in the underground search operations.
Former mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City and prime ministerial candidate of the Rastriya Swatantra Party.
Jiban Khadka is a family member of a trapped individual in the plant.
Priya Kharel is the sister of a missing engineer working at the Upper Trishuli-1 plant.
Sita Pandey is a family member of a worker trapped in the hydropower plant.
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Rescuers have resorted to explosives as they struggle to reach trapped workers, as the flooding death toll reaches 939.
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