# Official says trapped Nepal hydropower workers may still be alive

https://mins.news/en/item/41756

- Reuters, 2026-09-02 10:05 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/good-chance-that-trapped-workers-are-still-alive-nepal-hydropower-plant-official-2026-09-02/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a97f4db6f82110001164689

> A Nepali official says there is a good chance that workers trapped at a hydropower plant remain alive. Authorities have so far rescued 279 people from hydropower projects overwhelmed by an unprecedented deluge of ice, rock, mud and debris.

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