Worker who was missing since April 19 Rasuwa snowstorm rescued

Suraj Lama, who was missing in a snowstorm in Rasuwa district, has been taken to Kathmandu for treatment.

Kathmandu, May 1

A hydropower project worker who was missing in a snowstorm in the Rasuwa district of central Nepal for around two weeks has been rescued alive.

Suraj Lama of Balephi-4 of Sindhupalchok district used to work for Rasuwagadhi Hydropower Project. As his wife was preparing for childbirth, Lama left the workstation on April 18 with a plan to go to Sindhupalchok on foot during the lockdown.

However, there was a snowstorm on the second day of his journey and he went missing. Following that, local leaders of Balephi had called the concerned authorities to launch a search mission.

After nine days of his disappearance, the locals of Suryakunda Pheri, Dupcheshwar rural municipality of Nuwakot district, had spotted him on April 28. Following that, he was airlifted to Kathmandu for treatment. He has been admitted to Civil Service Hospital and is out of danger now, according to Madhav Sapkota, a leader of the Nepal Communist Party who recently visited him.

The locals of Suryaphedi say he was found unconscious. After regaining consciousness, he told the locals that he had only a small mattress and little saatu (dry flour) to survive.