Flood sweeps away two workers of hydel project in Bhojpur

Bhojpur: Two labourers of a hydropower project went missing in a flood that occurred last night in Bhojpur district.

According to the Chief of District Police Office Yubaraj Timsina, two workers of under-construction Ikhuwa Hydropower Project in Salpasilichho Rural Municipality were swept away in the flood last night. 

Timsina said htat 26-year-old Shyam Kumar Tharu and 30-year-old Ramesh Tharu of Barabardiya Rural Municipality-3 in Bardiya district were missing in the flood. 

Ram Kisan Tharu, 26, was rescued from the site and is receiving treatment at Kulung Health Post. 

Police said that a search for the missing ones is ongoing.