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Landslide in Arun III project site kills one worker, injures two
Rain-triggered landslide swept away three of the 14 rooms which accommodated the workers.
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Dipendra Shakya
Published at : June 12, 2024
Updated at : June 12, 2024 14:16
Sankhuwasabha
One person was killed and two other workers were injured in a landslide that occurred at the Arun III Hydropower Project site on Tuesday.
Bardiya local Gangaram Tharu, a project employee, died after a rain-triggered landslide swept away three of the 14 rooms which accommodated the workers.
Two other workers–Gobinda Tharu and Umesh Karki–were injured during the incident.
Dipendra Shakya
Dipendra Shakya is the Sankhuwasabha correspondent for Kantipur Publications.
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