A WhatsApp group of over 500 engineers, former hydropower workers and officials has emerged as a vital rescue tool after devastating floods in Nepal’s Trishuli valley. The group is providing tunnel maps, project drawings and information on missing workers to teams searching buried hydropower facilities where dozens are feared trapped.
A WhatsApp group of more than 500 engineers, former hydropower employees, government officials and other experts has become a crucial source of information for rescue teams searching tunnels buried under tonnes of mud, rocks and debris after the devastating floods in Nepal's Trishuli valley.
The group, created by engineers shortly before the disaster, is helping rescuers obtain tunnel maps, project drawings and information about the last known locations of missing workers as search operations continue at damaged hydropower facilities, Reuters reports.
The Aug 26 disaster sent a massive surge of water, mud and rocks through the valley following a glacial and mountain collapse near the Nepal-China border. At least 1,287 people have died and nearly 4,000 remain missing, according to official records.
As rescuers searched the buried Chilime hydropower plant near the Chinese border last week, a government official sought help from the WhatsApp group.
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