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Story summary
- Flash floods on Aug. 26 buried 12 hydropower plants in Nepal’s Trishuli River valley.
- Brig. Gen. Subas Jung Thapa reported 121 people trapped and only three survivors rescued.
- Upper Trishuli-1, a $300 million World Bank-financed project, was buried by the flood.
- Geoscientist C.P. Rajendran urged China and India to pursue smaller, less disruptive projects.