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How Engineers in a WhatsApp Group Are Guiding Nepal's Tunnel Rescue Efforts
More than 500 engineers are sharing tunnel drawings and access details to help rescuers locate missing workers after the glacier collapse.
- In Nepal, an army of experts is using a WhatsApp group to guide rescue workers scouring devastated hydropower plants after a massive glacier collapse last week killed more than 1,200 people.
- The catastrophic flood deposited 2.2 million tonnes of mud and debris, wiping out 10% of Nepal's generation capacity and burying tunnel entrances across six hydroelectric sites.
- Experts used layout drawings shared via the messaging app to locate tunnels, a strategy that successfully led to the rescue of two workers from the Upper Trishuli 3A hydropower plant on Friday, nine days after the disaster.
- More than 4,000 people remain missing, with officials noting that 46 people may be trapped inside a chamber at the Rasuwagadhi hydropower plant, where rescue efforts continue.
- Rajesh Shrestha awaits news of his 30-year-old son, Rajish, an environmental engineer at Upper Trishuli 1, as families across the region hold onto hope for those still unaccounted for.
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After the heavy destruction due to flood in Nepal, the rescue work is going on fast. Instant messaging app is now being used in this rescue operation. Before the flood, a team of engineers had created a WhatsApp group and now that group is being used in rescue.
Rescue efforts have been slowed down by, among other things, "car-sized" rocks blocking the tunnels, which have had to be blasted out of the way.
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Leaning Left4Leaning Right6Center3Last UpdatedBias Distribution46% Right
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- 46% of the sources lean Right
46% Right
L 31%
C 23%
R 46%
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