Kathmandu, Sept. 7 -- Around 121 people are believed to be trapped inside tunnels at hydropower projects affected by the Bhotekoshi floods, the Nepali Army said. The floods damaged about 11 hydropower projects, including several in Rasuwa district.

At a briefing on Monday, the army said roughly 900 people associated with the affected projects had initially been reported unaccounted for, but that figure did not mean all of them were trapped inside tunnels.

"The figure of around 900 provided by the projects does not represent people trapped inside the tunnels," an army representative said. "They are people associated with the projects. We estimate that around 121 people are actually trapped inside the tunnels."

The army said search and r...