Nepal tries to rescue trapped hydropower workers

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Aug 31, 202649:12News & Politics

Nearly a thousand of the people unaccounted for following the catastrophic flooding in Nepal and Tibet are Nepali hydropower workers. Hundreds of them are thought to be alive but trapped in tunnels and infrastructure bur...

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