- Monday, 1 September 2025
Excavators and tipper washed away by Kabeli River
Photo:Sahara Limbu/TRN
By Sahara Limbu, Phungling, Sept: 1:An excavator and tipper of the Sinam Power House located in Sinam, Sirijanga Rural Municipality -1, Taplejung have been swept away by the flood in the Kabeli River, which was triggered by incessant rainfall on Sunday night.
Information Officer and Police Inspector Bivek Basnet said that two excavators and two tippers have been swept away by the river.
According to him, two excavators have been found submerged about 20 meters below the power house.
Similarly, Police Inspector Basnet said that the search is ongoing as the tipper has not been found.
Police said that no human casualty has been recorded in the incident.
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