Nepal adds 1,000 to flood missing list, count tops 6,100; 10 bodies found at 2 hydel tunnels
- Nepal Wednesday sharply revised the number of people missing in the Aug 26 floods to 6,150 from 5,179, adding nearly 1,000 names after fresh verification across affected districts.
- The revision came as rescuers recovered 10 bodies from two hydropower projects in Rasuwa - five each from Chilime and Upper Trishuli-1 - three weeks after the disaster.
- "We have been collecting details on the missing people from the district offices, and revised the data after verification," disaster authority spokesman Shanti Mahat said.
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- Nepal Wednesday sharply revised the number of people missing in the Aug 26 floods to 6,150 from 5,179, adding nearly 1,000 names after fresh verification across affected districts.
- The revision came as rescuers recovered 10 bodies from two hydropower projects in Rasuwa - five each from Chilime and Upper Trishuli-1 - three weeks after the disaster.
- "We have been collecting details on the missing people from the district offices, and revised the data after verification," disaster authority spokesman Shanti Mahat said.
Sources: Times of India