Kathmandu, Sept. 1 -- As the search for survivors continues for the seventh day, with rescuers spending days and nights digging through rivers and hydropower project tunnels to find bodies and missing people, Prime Minister Balendra Shah updated the public on the rescue efforts and the government's response in a Facebook post on Monday morning.

Here is an excerpt translated:

By the sixth day since the flood struck the Bhote Koshi River in Rasuwa, the Nepal government remains firmly and actively engaged in search, rescue, medical treatment, relief and the safe management of affected citizens.

The role played by all security personnel, civil servants, media representatives, officials of various agencies, volunteer organisations and membe...