May 3: A worker hired for the under-construction 900-megawatt Arun III Hydropower Project died after he was hit by a falling rock inside the project's audit-2 tunnel at Amarang of Makalu Rural Municipality-5. The deceased has been identified as Prem Rai, 27, of Silichong Rural Municipality-5.    
District Police Office Sankhuwasabha said the incident occurred on Tuesday night and Rai breathed his last on Wednesday morning while undergoing treatment at Sankhuwasabha District Hospital.

Two others injured in the incident have been identified as Samamati Walita, 23, and Saimuddin Ali, 23, from Guwahati, India. They are receiving treatment at the District Hospital.    
Over 300 workers including those from India have been hired for the project. The lack of a health facility at the project site has caused problems for them during health emergency. In some cases, they are likely to face life-threatening circumstances in the absence of timely treatment. -- RSS