Kathmandu. According to government officials, efforts to open the mouth of the Trishuli 3A hydropower project in Nuwakot, affected by the floods in the Bhotekoshi River in Rasuwa, are continuing.

The Prime Minister's Office said that a team of 93 people including 5 excavators, compressors and breakers, including a Chinese team and other technicians, is engaged in search and rescue operations under the leadership of the Nepali Army after the tunnels and main structures of the project were flooded.

At the mouth of the tunnel, 40 meters long and 20 meters high broken iron structures and large stones (debris) have been found. After continuous efforts, it is said that the mouth of the tunnel was opened about 3 feet from the top.

Along with this, the rescue team has reached 15-20 meters inside, and the entire mouth has to be opened to enter with excavators and machines, so the work of removing the remaining debris is going on. 7 more boulders (big stones) have been prepared for blasting.

This tunnel is 170 meters long. Technicians have said that the power house and other structures inside can be reached only after breaking through the tunnel filled with mud and mud.