Flash Floods and Forgotten Laborers: The Human Cost of Hydropower in Nepal The catastrophic flash floods that ravaged Nepal last week have left a trail of destruction and despair.
One aspect of this tragedy has largely gone unexamined, however: the role of laborers like Pemba Dundu Tamang, who toil in tunnels beneath the Trishuli River.
As workers on hydropower projects, they are often invisible to the public eye, yet their stories reveal a disturbing pattern of neglect and disregard for human life.