Overview
- Rescuers have cleared about 70 metres of mud and rock inside the Chilime hydropower tunnel and say the underground powerhouse lies roughly 60 metres farther ahead, but there is no public confirmation of contact with the six workers believed trapped.
- Indian and Nepali teams are working jointly inside the tunnel using heavy machinery such as an excavator, loader and Bobcat while the Nepal Army and Border Roads Organisation built new approach roads to bring equipment closer.
- India has delivered components for a 70-metre Bailey bridge, more than 130 tonnes of relief material, specialised tunnel‑rescue tools, DNA and forensic kits, and deployed expert personnel to support search, relief and identification work.
- Rescue efforts are also focused on the Upper Trishuli‑3B hydropower site, where more than 100 Nepal Army personnel have been deployed to clear tunnels and search for missing workers.
- The operations follow an Aug. 26 ice‑and‑rock collapse that sent a fast surge of ice, water and mud down the Bhotekoshi–Trishuli system and left nearly 1,400 people dead, more than 5,000 missing and about 100 people unaccounted for at hydropower sites.