Archive · 3 Sep 2026
Nepal Floods Devastate Galchi Power Station, Threaten Hydropower Workers
A powerful flood hit parts of Nepal on August 26.
The water completely covered a power station in Galchi.
Mud and slush damaged the station’s machines and transformers.
Some broken equipment was carried to the nearby Trishuli River.
Nepal Army personnel are digging through the mud to recover what they can.
Floods also damaged several other hydropower plants.
About 900 workers at different project sites cannot currently be contacted.
Rescue teams from India and China are helping Nepal search for them.
Flash floods on August 26 completely submerged the Jehre power substation in Galchi, Nepal.
Transformers, machinery and wires were buried in slush or scattered along the Trishuli River.
Nepal Army personnel are working to recover equipment from the damaged station.
About 900 hydropower workers and employees remain unaccounted for across flood-hit project sites.
Rescue teams from Nepal, India and China are assisting operations, with some workers believed trapped in tunnels.
- Who
- Nepal Army personnel and rescue teams are responding, while about 900 hydropower workers and employees remain unaccounted for.
- What
- Flash floods destroyed the Jehre power substation and severely damaged hydropower facilities.
- When
- The flooding occurred on August 26; rescue and recovery efforts were continuing when the report was filed.
- Where
- Galchi, Nepal, beside the Trishuli River and about 84 kilometres south of the Rasuwagadhi border with China.
- Why
- Heavy flash-flood waters overwhelmed the region, submerging the station, burying equipment and leaving workers out of contact.
- Affected facility
- Jehre power substation in Galchi, Nepal
- Flood date
- August 26
- Nearby river
- Trishuli River
- Distance from border
- About 84 kilometres south of the Rasuwagadhi border with China
- Missing or uncontactable workers
- Around 900 hydropower workers and employees
- Recovery effort
- Nepal Army personnel are digging transformers and other equipment from silt and slush
- International assistance
- Expert teams from India and China are assisting Nepalese rescuers