A Sudden Disaster Ahead of This Year's Completion... Korea South-East Power and Doosan Dispatch Emergency Teams

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As you just heard, nine South Koreans at a hydroelectric power plant construction site have lost contact due to floods in Nepal. This large-scale project involving a domestic public enterprise and a construction company was scheduled to be completed by the end of this year, and both companies have decided to urgently dispatch response teams to the site.

Reporter Sim Useop.

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The site where South Korean workers lost contact due to massive floods in Nepal is the Upper Trishuli-1 hydroelectric power plant construction site.

Upper Trishuli-1 is a 216-megawatt hydroelectric power plant being constructed along the Trishuli River in the Rasuwa region, located 70 kilometers north of Nepal's capital, Kathmandu.

The total project cost is 647 million dollars, with a construction period of five years, and it is scheduled for completion at the end of this year.

This is Nepal's first private-sector power generation project involving South Korean companies, with Korea South-East Power participating in project development and operation, while Doosan Enerbility is in charge of plant design and construction, as well as supplying major equipment such as turbines and generators.

Doosan Enerbility stated that there are a total of 20 South Korean employees at the site, and among them, 6 are currently out of contact.

Korea South-East Power also stated that 3 male employees who were at the power plant site out of the 7 dispatched to Nepal are currently unreachable.

The remaining 4 employees are reportedly safe.

The two companies explained that local communication conditions are poor, and they are continuing to check the exact locations and status of the employees who have lost contact.

Doosan Enerbility stated, "We have immediately formed an emergency response headquarters for rapid situation assessment and accident management, and plan to urgently dispatch an on-site response team including CEO Jung Yeon-in to the location."

It also added, "We will make our utmost efforts to support the search and rescue of the missing persons by closely cooperating with relevant authorities and project stakeholders."

Korea South-East Power also plans to send personnel to the site today (August 27) to set up a camp and support rescue operations.

(Video Editing: Choi Hye-ran, Footage Source: Doosan Enerbility and Korea South-East Power YouTube)
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