In Photos: Bodies Recovered From Nepal’s Chilime Hydropower Project Weeks After Floods

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Five bodies were recovered from the Chilime hydropower project in Nepal’s Rasuwa district on Wednesday, Kathmandu Post reported quoting the Nepal's Army. The bodies were found near the powerhouse during an operation to locate people missing inside the project’s tunnels since last month’s floods

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Nepal Floods Body recovered from Chilime Hydropower Project
Nepalese soldiers undertake a search and rescue operation at the Chilime hydropower project following earlier flash floods in Nepal's Rasuwa district, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. | Photo: Nepal Army via AP
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Rasuwa district flood news
Nepalese soldiers undertake a search and rescue operation at the Chilime hydropower project following earlier flash floods in Nepal's Rasuwa district, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. | Photo: Nepal Army via AP
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Chilime Hydropower Project rescue operation
Nepalese soldiers undertake a search and rescue operation at the Chilime hydropower project following earlier flash floods in Nepal's Rasuwa district, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. | Photo: Nepal Army via AP
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Bodies recovered Chilime tunnel
Nepal Army personnel recover a body during an ongoing joint and rescue operation from the tunnel of Chilime Hydropower Project following the devastating flash floods, in Rasuwa district, Nepal. | Photo: Handout via PTI
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Nepali Army rescue operation Rasuwa
Nepal Army personnel recover a body during an ongoing joint and rescue operation from the tunnel of Chilime Hydropower Project following the devastating flash floods, in Rasuwa district, Nepal. | Photo: Handout via PTI
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Upper Trishuli-1 hydropower bodies found
Nepalese soldiers carry the bodies of workers recovered during a search and rescue operation at the Chilime hydropower project following earlier flash floods in Nepal's Rasuwa district, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. | Photo: Nepal Army via AP
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August 26 Nepal flash floods update
Nepal Army personnel recover a body during an ongoing joint and rescue operation from the tunnel of Chilime Hydropower Project following the devastating flash floods, in Rasuwa district, Nepal. | Photo: Handout via PTI
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Nepal electricity authority flood damage
Nepal Army personnel recover a body during an ongoing joint and rescue operation from the tunnel of Chilime Hydropower Project following the devastating flash floods, in Rasuwa district, Nepal. | Photo: Handout via PTI

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