Devastating floods in Rasuwa have heavily damaged Chilime and Rasuwagadhi Hydropower projects, leaving six employees missing.
A massive flood in Gosaikunda Rural Municipality of Rasuwa has caused huge damage to structures of Chilime Hydropower Company Limited. Sadly, six workers who were working in tunnel area of the 22.1 MW Chilime Hydropower powerhouse are still out of contact after the disaster.
According to the company, the flood has destroyed road networks, electricity lines, communication services, local villages, and other public properties in the area. Because of this disaster, traveling and making communication there has become very hard, which is making rescue works difficult too.
Huge Damage to Powerhouses
The powerhouse of Chilime Hydropower Center is completely damaged. The company announced that they cannot run the power plant immediately in this current condition.
At the same time, the 111 MW Rasuwagadhi Hydropower Plant, which was built under leadership of Chilime Hydropower Company, is also completely destroyed by the flood.
Rescue and Repair Works
The company management is putting maximum efforts to rescuing the trapped workers from the powerhouse. They are putting search operations as their main priority. They are also trying to repair road and electricity lines in the affected areas as soon as possible.
In this very difficult situation, Chilime Hydropower has requested support from all the related government and public authorities to help in rescue works and rebuild the broken infrastructure.
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