https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/after-a-desperate-search-for-survivors-rescuers-find-bodies-at-nepal-power-plantContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/after-a-desperate-search-for-survivors-rescuers-find-bodies-at-nepal-power-planthttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/after-a-desperate-search-for-survivors-rescuers-find-bodies-at-nepal-power-plant#u73487Thu, 17 Sep 2026 22:30:10 +0000Search teams have recovered eight bodies from two hydropower project tunnels in flood-stricken Nepal. Five victims were found in the Upper Trishuli-1 Audit-3 tunnel and three were located in the Chilime Hydropower Project tunnel. While most searches ended in recovery, one man survived nine days trapped in a dark tunnel before being rescued. Authorities deployed rat-hole mining techniques, previously used in the Silkyara rescue in Uttarakhand, to reach trapped workers during the operation.Why it mattersSevere flooding in Nepal triggered a series of tunnel collapses at critical energy infrastruc