{"schema_version":"1.1.0","timezone":"NPT","last_reviewed_at":"2026-09-16T02:04:18+05:45","media":[{"id":"media-facebook-field-preview","source_id":"src-field-facebook-2026-08-29","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-field-facebook-2026-08-29-01-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-field-facebook-2026-08-29-01.jpg","source_url":"https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10237373775297731&set=pcb.10237373816098751","alt":"Rescuer in high-visibility clothing standing in muddy sediment at a tunnel opening","scope":"Direct attachment from the shared field-account set; capture time and exact tunnel location are not exposed."},{"id":"media-facebook-field-02","source_id":"src-field-facebook-2026-08-29","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-field-facebook-2026-08-29-02-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-field-facebook-2026-08-29-02.jpg","source_url":"https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10237373772657665&set=pcb.10237373816098751","alt":"Helmeted rescuer with rope standing in deep muddy sediment at a tunnel opening","scope":"Direct attachment from the shared field-account set; capture time, depth and exact tunnel location are not exposed."},{"id":"media-facebook-field-03","source_id":"src-field-facebook-2026-08-29","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-field-facebook-2026-08-29-03-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-field-facebook-2026-08-29-03.jpg","source_url":"https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10237373774017699&set=pcb.10237373816098751","alt":"Two helmeted rescuers handling rope beside muddy sediment at a tunnel opening","scope":"Direct attachment from the shared field-account set; capture time and exact tunnel location are not exposed."},{"id":"media-facebook-field-04","source_id":"src-field-facebook-2026-08-29","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-field-facebook-2026-08-29-04-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-field-facebook-2026-08-29-04.jpg","source_url":"https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10237373774177703&set=pcb.10237373816098751","alt":"Two uniformed personnel carrying a white-wrapped load across muddy ground outside a tunnel","scope":"Direct attachment from the shared field-account set. The image alone does not establish the load's contents, identity, capture time or exact location."},{"id":"media-facebook-field-05","source_id":"src-field-facebook-2026-08-29","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-field-facebook-2026-08-29-05-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-field-facebook-2026-08-29-05.jpg","source_url":"https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10237373773377683&set=pcb.10237373816098751","alt":"Wide view of a helmeted rescuer standing at a large muddy tunnel opening","scope":"Direct attachment from the shared field-account set; capture time and exact tunnel location are not exposed."},{"id":"media-nnmga-blockage-2026-08-29","source_id":"src-nnmga-facebook-2026-08-29","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-nnmga-blockage-2026-08-29-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-nnmga-blockage-2026-08-29.jpg","source_url":"https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1544362017731164&set=pcb.1544362341064465","alt":"Muddy water and sludge spanning the width of a rock tunnel and obscuring the passage ahead","scope":"Direct attachment from NNMGA's 29 August operation post. The post reports blockage at approximately 120 m, but the image exposes no capture time, chainage, tunnel branch, or surveyed camera position."},{"id":"media-onlinekhabar-field-feature","source_id":"src-onlinekhabar-2026-08-29","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-field-onlinekhabar-feature-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-field-onlinekhabar-feature.jpg","source_url":"https://english.onlinekhabar.com/rescue-team-unable-to-reach-trapped-workers-as-sludge-blocks-chilime-tunnel.html","alt":"Rescue personnel handling a rope in muddy conditions at a tunnel opening","scope":"Publisher-featured image of the same field-team account; not independent corroboration."},{"id":"media-facebook-mobilisation-01","source_id":"src-bimal-facebook-2026-08-30","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-mobilisation-facebook-2026-08-30-01-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-mobilisation-facebook-2026-08-30-01.jpg","source_url":"https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10244301284937717&set=pcb.10244301302738162","alt":"Pickup truck loaded with wrapped sacks and long rescue equipment on a city street","scope":"Direct still attachment from the mobilisation post. Its capture time and location are not exposed, and it does not establish arrival or equipment use at Chilime."},{"id":"media-facebook-mobilisation-02","source_id":"src-bimal-facebook-2026-08-30","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-mobilisation-facebook-2026-08-30-02-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-mobilisation-facebook-2026-08-30-02.jpg","source_url":"https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10244301286097746&set=pcb.10244301302738162","alt":"Hands inspecting red pipe wrenches and black hoses packed in a white sack","scope":"Direct still attachment from the mobilisation post. Its capture time and location are not exposed, and it does not establish arrival or equipment use at Chilime."},{"id":"media-facebook-mobilisation-03","source_id":"src-bimal-facebook-2026-08-30","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-mobilisation-facebook-2026-08-30-03-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-mobilisation-facebook-2026-08-30-03.jpg","source_url":"https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10244301287377778&set=pcb.10244301302738162","alt":"Several people marking a large white woven equipment sack","scope":"Direct still attachment from the mobilisation post. Its capture time and location are not exposed, and it does not establish arrival or equipment use at Chilime."},{"id":"media-facebook-mobilisation-04","source_id":"src-bimal-facebook-2026-08-30","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-mobilisation-facebook-2026-08-30-04-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-mobilisation-facebook-2026-08-30-04.jpg","source_url":"https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10244301288657810&set=pcb.10244301302738162","alt":"People closing a white woven sack around packed equipment","scope":"Direct still attachment from the mobilisation post. Its capture time and location are not exposed, and it does not establish arrival or equipment use at Chilime."},{"id":"media-facebook-mobilisation-05","source_id":"src-bimal-facebook-2026-08-30","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-mobilisation-facebook-2026-08-30-05-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-mobilisation-facebook-2026-08-30-05.jpg","source_url":"https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10244301290217849&set=pcb.10244301302738162","alt":"Pickup truck carrying long red boards, rope, and wrapped equipment","scope":"Direct still attachment from the mobilisation post. Its capture time and location are not exposed, and it does not establish arrival or equipment use at Chilime."},{"id":"media-facebook-mobilisation-06","source_id":"src-bimal-facebook-2026-08-30","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-mobilisation-facebook-2026-08-30-06-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-mobilisation-facebook-2026-08-30-06.jpg","source_url":"https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10244301326938767&set=pcb.10244301302738162","alt":"Two uniformed men and a civilian standing at a covered transport entrance","scope":"Direct still attachment from the mobilisation post. Its capture time and location are not exposed, and it does not establish which team or deployment stage is shown."},{"id":"media-facebook-mobilisation-07","source_id":"src-bimal-facebook-2026-08-30","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-mobilisation-facebook-2026-08-30-07-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-mobilisation-facebook-2026-08-30-07.jpg","source_url":"https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10244302476207498&set=pcb.10244301302738162","alt":"Military helicopter and uniformed personnel on mud-covered ground in a mountain valley","scope":"Direct still attachment from the mobilisation post. The image does not expose its capture time or exact location and does not independently establish arrival at Chilime."},{"id":"media-bimal-excavator-portal-2026-08-29-30","source_id":"src-bimal-facebook-excavator-request-2026-08-29-30","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-excavator-request-facebook-2026-08-29-30-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-excavator-request-facebook-2026-08-29-30.jpg","source_url":"https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1489418393220052&set=a.614071344088099","alt":"Mud and standing water covering the approach to a rock tunnel opening","scope":"Direct attachment from the Routine of Nepal Banda post shared by Bimal Khadka with his Chilime powerhouse-portal excavator request. No camera timestamp, surveyed chainage, exact branch or camera position is exposed; the component marker is schematic context only."},{"id":"media-official-update-2026-08-30","source_id":"src-official-2026-08-30","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-08-30-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-08-30.jpg","source_url":"https://chilime.com.np/media/Noticeboard/Informations_to_all_20830514.jpg","alt":"CHCL rescue bulletin dated 2083/05/14 with text and a nine-image rescue logistics collage","scope":"Official dated notice attachment. Six embedded images duplicate previously archived mobilisation photographs; three show wet sediment, personnel walking and a crane truck, but none exposes a camera timestamp or precise location. The complete notice remains timeline-only."},{"id":"media-bimal-rescue-photos-2026-08-31-01","source_id":"src-bimal-facebook-rescue-photos-2026-08-31","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-operation-facebook-2026-08-31-01-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-operation-facebook-2026-08-31-01.jpg","source_url":"https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10244319026701250&set=pcb.10244319027861279","alt":"Helmeted and uniformed rescue personnel with rope and equipment at a rough-hewn rock tunnel entrance","scope":"Direct still attachment from Bimal Khadka's Chilime rescue-operation post. The image exposes no camera time, exact tunnel or portal, surveyed chainage or camera position and does not establish an evacuation or rescue outcome."},{"id":"media-bimal-rescue-photos-2026-08-31-02","source_id":"src-bimal-facebook-rescue-photos-2026-08-31","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-operation-facebook-2026-08-31-02-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-operation-facebook-2026-08-31-02.jpg","source_url":"https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10244319027341266&set=pcb.10244319027861279","alt":"Wide view of helmeted and uniformed rescue personnel handling rope at a rough-hewn rock tunnel entrance","scope":"Direct still attachment from Bimal Khadka's Chilime rescue-operation post. The image exposes no camera time, exact tunnel or portal, surveyed chainage or camera position and does not establish an evacuation or rescue outcome."},{"id":"media-kathmandu-post-chilime-team-2026-09-01","source_id":"src-kathmandu-post-chilime-access-constraint-2026-09-01","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-kathmandu-post-team-2026-09-01-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-kathmandu-post-team-2026-09-01.jpg","source_url":"https://assets-cdn.kathmandupost.com/uploads/source/news/2026/third-party/indian-1788226649.jpg","alt":"Helmeted and uniformed rescue personnel handling safety ropes inside a muddy rock tunnel","scope":"The Kathmandu Post captions this Indian-envoy-origin photograph as the joint team at Chilime on Monday. The image exposes no camera clock, branch, chainage or camera position and does not show or independently establish the newly reported water-filled tunnel or blocked tailrace. It remains timeline-only and is not assigned a new 3D map pin."},{"id":"media-nepali-army-chilime-reel-1724610325284723","source_id":"src-nepali-army-facebook-chilime-reel-1724610325284723","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-nepali-army-reel-1724610325284723-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-nepali-army-reel-1724610325284723.jpg","source_url":"https://www.facebook.com/reel/1724610325284723/","alt":"Helmeted and uniformed personnel handling cable, rope and long equipment beside a rough rock or concrete surface","scope":"Platform-provided first-frame poster for the official Nepali Army Chilime reel. The reel supplies no capture time, exact tunnel, portal, branch, chainage or camera position and does not establish a depth, operational result, contact, evacuation or rescue outcome. It remains timeline-only and is not assigned a 3D map pin."},{"id":"media-official-update-2026-09-01-01","source_id":"src-official-2026-09-01","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-01-01-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-01-01.jpg","source_url":"https://www.chilime.com.np/media/Noticeboard/Informations_to_all_20830516.pdf","alt":"Two hard-hatted men handling cable, rope and equipment bags near a rough-hewn tunnel entrance, with other personnel inside","scope":"First embedded photo from CHCL's dated 1 September owner bulletin. The bulletin establishes Chilime powerhouse context but no camera time, exact tunnel, portal, branch, chainage or camera position; the station-area marker is unresolved and the image does not establish contact or a rescue outcome."},{"id":"media-official-update-2026-09-01-02","source_id":"src-official-2026-09-01","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-01-02-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-01-02.jpg","source_url":"https://www.chilime.com.np/media/Noticeboard/Informations_to_all_20830516.pdf","alt":"Three helmeted people taking a foreground photograph with a larger uniformed rescue team and ropes at a rough-hewn tunnel entrance","scope":"Second embedded photo from CHCL's dated 1 September owner bulletin. The bulletin establishes Chilime powerhouse context but no camera time, exact tunnel, portal, branch, chainage or camera position; the station-area marker is unresolved and the image does not establish contact or a rescue outcome."},{"id":"media-indian-float-rescue-x-2026-09-01-video-01","source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-chilime-float-exploration-2026-09-01","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-indian-float-rescue-x-2026-09-01-video-01-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-indian-float-rescue-x-2026-09-01-video-01.jpg","source_url":"https://x.com/navsri6619/status/2094796930580611116/video/1","alt":"Uniformed rescuers moving through a wet muddy tunnel while one person lies on a small improvised float","scope":"Platform-provided poster for the first video in the Indian Ambassador's Chilime-specific update. The post identifies the operation as Chilime and reports improvised-float use, but it supplies no capture time, exact tunnel, portal, branch, chainage or camera position. The image is assigned only to the station-area evidence circle and does not establish employee contact, evacuation or a rescue outcome."},{"id":"media-indian-float-rescue-x-2026-09-01-video-02","source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-chilime-float-exploration-2026-09-01","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-indian-float-rescue-x-2026-09-01-video-02-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-indian-float-rescue-x-2026-09-01-video-02.jpg","source_url":"https://x.com/navsri6619/status/2094796930580611116/video/2","alt":"Helicopters and personnel at a grassy mountain landing area with machinery in the foreground","scope":"Platform-provided poster for the second video in the Indian Ambassador's Chilime update. The post supplies Chilime rescue context but no capture time or exact landing location, so the poster remains timeline-only and is not assigned to the 3D map. It does not establish a flight count, machinery delivery, equipment use or a rescue outcome."},{"id":"media-india-embassy-float-rescue-facebook-2026-09-01-01","source_id":"src-india-embassy-facebook-chilime-rescue-photos-2026-09-01","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-indian-float-rescue-facebook-2026-09-01-01-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-indian-float-rescue-facebook-2026-09-01-01.jpg","source_url":"https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1507130854785284&set=pcb.1507131191451917","alt":"Large uniformed and helmeted rescue team with ropes and equipment at a rough-hewn tunnel entrance","scope":"Direct attachment from the Embassy of India's Chilime rescue post. The post establishes Chilime context but exposes no camera time, exact tunnel, portal, branch, chainage or camera position. The image joins the station-area evidence circle and does not establish employee contact, evacuation or a rescue outcome."},{"id":"media-india-embassy-float-rescue-facebook-2026-09-01-02","source_id":"src-india-embassy-facebook-chilime-rescue-photos-2026-09-01","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-indian-float-rescue-facebook-2026-09-01-02-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-indian-float-rescue-facebook-2026-09-01-02.jpg","source_url":"https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1507131038118599&set=pcb.1507131191451917","alt":"Uniformed rescuer standing on or using a blue improvised float over a waterlogged muddy tunnel floor","scope":"Direct attachment from the Embassy of India's Chilime rescue post. The post establishes Chilime context and the accompanying official X report identifies improvised-float use, but no camera time, exact tunnel, portal, branch, chainage or camera position is exposed. The image joins the station-area evidence circle and does not establish employee contact, evacuation or a rescue outcome."},{"id":"media-india-embassy-float-rescue-facebook-2026-09-01-03","source_id":"src-india-embassy-facebook-chilime-rescue-photos-2026-09-01","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-indian-float-rescue-facebook-2026-09-01-03-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-indian-float-rescue-facebook-2026-09-01-03.jpg","source_url":"https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1507131108118592&set=pcb.1507131191451917","alt":"Uniformed rescuers in a wet muddy tunnel while one person lies on an improvised float","scope":"Direct attachment from the Embassy of India's Chilime rescue post. The post establishes Chilime context and the accompanying official X report identifies improvised-float use, but no camera time, exact tunnel, portal, branch, chainage or camera position is exposed. The image joins the station-area evidence circle and does not establish employee contact, evacuation or a rescue outcome."},{"id":"media-official-update-2026-09-02-01","source_id":"src-official-2026-09-02","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-02-01-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-02-01.jpg","source_url":"https://chilime.com.np/media/Noticeboard/Informations_to_all_20830517.pdf","alt":"People seated around a long conference table during an indoor meeting","scope":"First embedded photo from CHCL's dated 2 September owner bulletin. The bulletin discusses a meeting between affected families and the Energy Minister, but the image has no caption, capture time or location. It remains timeline-only and does not establish an onsite rescue action or outcome."},{"id":"media-official-update-2026-09-02-02","source_id":"src-official-2026-09-02","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-02-02-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-02-02.jpg","source_url":"https://chilime.com.np/media/Noticeboard/Informations_to_all_20830517.pdf","alt":"Helmeted and uniformed personnel gathered under a red tarpaulin beside muddy rock and concrete material","scope":"Second embedded photo from CHCL's dated 2 September owner bulletin. The notice supplies Chilime rescue context but no caption, camera time, exact tunnel, portal, branch, chainage or camera position. It remains timeline-only and does not establish where the team waited, later return, employee contact or a rescue outcome."},{"id":"media-indian-ambassador-site-visit-2026-09-03-01","source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-chilime-site-visit-2026-09-03","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-indian-ambassador-site-visit-2026-09-03-01-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-indian-ambassador-site-visit-2026-09-03-01.jpg","source_url":"https://x.com/navsri6619/status/2095469742673047864/photo/1","alt":"Indian Ambassador standing with uniformed and rescue personnel on rough ground above a steep green river valley","scope":"Direct photo attachment from the Ambassador's Chilime site-visit update. The post places the technical team in Syabrubesi near Chilime, but the image exposes no camera time, GPS data, exact station location, component or camera position. It remains timeline-only and does not establish a tunnel advance, equipment deployment or rescue outcome."},{"id":"media-indian-ambassador-site-visit-2026-09-03-video-02","source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-chilime-site-visit-2026-09-03","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-indian-ambassador-site-visit-2026-09-03-02-video-poster-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-indian-ambassador-site-visit-2026-09-03-02-video-poster.jpg","source_url":"https://x.com/navsri6619/status/2095469742673047864/video/2","alt":"Indian Ambassador and helmeted or uniformed personnel standing at a rough-hewn tunnel entrance","scope":"Platform-provided poster for the second attachment in the Ambassador's Chilime powerhouse-tunnel site-visit update. The source context supports only a station-area evidence circle: no camera time, exact tunnel, portal, branch, chainage or camera position is exposed, and the image does not establish that the reported approximately 100 m point is shown."},{"id":"media-indian-ambassador-site-visit-2026-09-03-video-03","source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-chilime-site-visit-2026-09-03","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-indian-ambassador-site-visit-2026-09-03-03-video-poster-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-indian-ambassador-site-visit-2026-09-03-03-video-poster.jpg","source_url":"https://x.com/navsri6619/status/2095469742673047864/video/3","alt":"Visiting group and helmeted or uniformed personnel at a rough-hewn tunnel entrance from a second viewpoint","scope":"Platform-provided poster for the third attachment in the Ambassador's Chilime powerhouse-tunnel site-visit update. The source context supports only a station-area evidence circle: no camera time, exact tunnel, portal, branch, chainage or camera position is exposed, and the image does not establish that the reported approximately 100 m point is shown."},{"id":"media-indian-ambassador-site-visit-2026-09-03-04","source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-chilime-site-visit-2026-09-03","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-indian-ambassador-site-visit-2026-09-03-04-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-indian-ambassador-site-visit-2026-09-03-04.jpg","source_url":"https://x.com/navsri6619/status/2095469742673047864/photo/4","alt":"Rescuer lying prone on a small float in a dark waterlogged muddy rough-hewn tunnel","scope":"Direct photo attachment from the Ambassador's Chilime powerhouse-tunnel update. The post supports only unresolved station-area context because the image exposes no capture time, exact tunnel, portal, branch, chainage or camera position. It is not pinned to the reported approximately 100 m extent and does not establish contact, equipment arrival or a rescue outcome."},{"id":"media-official-update-2026-09-03-01","source_id":"src-official-2026-09-03","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-03-01-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-03-01.jpg","source_url":"https://chilime.com.np/media/Noticeboard/Update_20830518.pdf","alt":"Orange-suited and helmeted rescue personnel handling a rope beside a steep bare-rock cut or opening","scope":"First embedded photo from CHCL's dated 3 September owner bulletin. It is visually consistent with the reported rope-access work but has no caption, camera time, geolocation, exact foot-trail alignment, old-road point, powerhouse-side landslide boundary, station component or camera position. It remains timeline-only and does not establish a tunnel advance or rescue outcome."},{"id":"media-official-update-2026-09-03-03","source_id":"src-official-2026-09-03","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-03-03-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-03-03.jpg","source_url":"https://chilime.com.np/media/Noticeboard/Update_20830518.pdf","alt":"Orange-suited and helmeted rescue personnel working with a rope on a steep rock-and-debris slope","scope":"Third embedded photo from CHCL's dated 3 September owner bulletin. It is visually consistent with the reported rope-access work but has no caption, camera time, geolocation, exact foot-trail alignment, old-road point, powerhouse-side landslide boundary, station component or camera position. It remains timeline-only and does not establish a tunnel advance or rescue outcome."},{"id":"media-army-overnight-tunnel-2026-09-04-01","source_id":"src-himalpress-chilime-army-overnight-2026-09-04","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-army-overnight-tunnel-2026-09-04-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-army-overnight-tunnel-2026-09-04.jpg","source_url":"https://himalpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/army-1.jpg","alt":"Two-panel collage of helmeted people in camouflage resting beside bags under a blue tarpaulin in a dark rough-walled tunnel","scope":"Direct image attachment from Himal Press's Home-Ministry-attributed Chilime report. The article supplies outlet-tunnel context, but the image has no caption, credit, capture time, geolocation, exact tunnel section, branch, chainage or camera position. It remains timeline-only and does not independently establish Chilime, the reported overnight interval, a tunnel advance, contact or a rescue outcome."},{"id":"media-indian-ambassador-drainage-2026-09-05-video-01","source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-chilime-drainage-track-2026-09-05","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-indian-ambassador-drainage-2026-09-05-01-video-poster-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-indian-ambassador-drainage-2026-09-05-01-video-poster.jpg","source_url":"https://x.com/navsri6619/status/2096048334020710602/video/1","alt":"Helmeted and uniformed rescue personnel standing and moving inside a dark wet muddy rough-hewn tunnel","scope":"Platform-provided poster for the first video in the Ambassador's Chilime drainage update. The post identifies the Chilime operation, but the attachment exposes no capture time, exact tunnel, portal, branch, chainage or camera position. It remains timeline-only, is not pinned to the reported approximately 100 m reach and does not establish contact or a rescue outcome."},{"id":"media-indian-ambassador-drainage-2026-09-05-video-02","source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-chilime-drainage-track-2026-09-05","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-indian-ambassador-drainage-2026-09-05-02-video-poster-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-indian-ambassador-drainage-2026-09-05-02-video-poster.jpg","source_url":"https://x.com/navsri6619/status/2096048334020710602/video/2","alt":"Blue portable pump or generator with hoses beside helmeted personnel on a muddy floor at a rough tunnel opening","scope":"Platform-provided poster for the second video in the Ambassador's Chilime drainage update. The post identifies the Chilime operation, but the attachment exposes no capture time, exact tunnel, portal, branch, chainage or camera position and does not prove the equipment's specification or operating state. It remains timeline-only and receives no 3D map pin."},{"id":"media-indian-ambassador-track-2026-09-05-photo-04","source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-chilime-drainage-track-2026-09-05","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-indian-ambassador-track-2026-09-05-04-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-indian-ambassador-track-2026-09-05-04.jpg","source_url":"https://x.com/navsri6619/status/2096048334020710602/photo/4","alt":"Yellow wheel loader on a muddy cut beside fast-flowing water and a steep green slope","scope":"Direct photograph from the Ambassador's Chilime drainage-and-track update. It is visually consistent with access-route work, but the attachment exposes no capture time, geolocation, route limits, surveyed distance, station component or camera position. It remains timeline-only and does not establish track completion or heavy equipment arrival at or inside the tunnel."},{"id":"media-indian-ambassador-obstruction-2026-09-05-video-01","source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-chilime-obstruction-2026-09-05","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-indian-ambassador-obstruction-2026-09-05-01-video-poster-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-indian-ambassador-obstruction-2026-09-05-01-video-poster.jpg","source_url":"https://x.com/navsri6619/status/2096190263056277701/video/1","alt":"Helmeted camouflaged worker holding equipment beside a muddy rough tunnel","scope":"No exact camera clock, geolocation, tunnel branch, chainage or camera position is exposed. Publication is not capture time. Source context identifies the Chilime operation, but the precise photographed place remains unresolved. Timeline-only; no map pin, measured advance, employee contact or rescue outcome is established."},{"id":"media-indian-ambassador-obstruction-2026-09-05-photo-03","source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-chilime-obstruction-2026-09-05","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-indian-ambassador-obstruction-2026-09-05-03-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-indian-ambassador-obstruction-2026-09-05-03.jpg","source_url":"https://x.com/navsri6619/status/2096190263056277701/photo/3","alt":"Orange-clad workers crouching on a float in a waterlogged rock passage with little headroom","scope":"No exact camera clock, geolocation, tunnel branch, chainage or camera position is exposed. Publication is not capture time. Source context identifies the Chilime operation, but the precise photographed place remains unresolved. Timeline-only; no map pin, measured advance, employee contact or rescue outcome is established."},{"id":"media-indian-ambassador-obstruction-2026-09-05-photo-04","source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-chilime-obstruction-2026-09-05","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-indian-ambassador-obstruction-2026-09-05-04-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-indian-ambassador-obstruction-2026-09-05-04.jpg","source_url":"https://x.com/navsri6619/status/2096190263056277701/photo/4","alt":"Orange-clad workers and rope in a muddy low-headroom rock passage","scope":"No exact camera clock, geolocation, tunnel branch, chainage or camera position is exposed. Publication is not capture time. Source context identifies the Chilime operation, but the precise photographed place remains unresolved. Timeline-only; no map pin, measured advance, employee contact or rescue outcome is established."},{"id":"media-indian-ambassador-access-2026-09-06-video-01","source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-chilime-road-rope-2026-09-06","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-indian-ambassador-access-2026-09-06-01-video-poster-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-indian-ambassador-access-2026-09-06-01-video-poster.jpg","source_url":"https://x.com/navsri6619/status/2096564717016019278/video/1","alt":"Helmeted gloved person using a rope beside steep rock and sediment","scope":"The visible phone watermark supplies 6 September 2026 only; the small clock is not reliably readable and its timezone is unknown. No camera location is established. Source context identifies the Chilime operation, but the precise photographed place remains unresolved. Timeline-only; no map pin, measured advance, employee contact or rescue outcome is established."},{"id":"media-indian-ambassador-access-2026-09-06-video-02","source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-chilime-road-rope-2026-09-06","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-indian-ambassador-access-2026-09-06-02-video-poster-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-indian-ambassador-access-2026-09-06-02-video-poster.jpg","source_url":"https://x.com/navsri6619/status/2096564717016019278/video/2","alt":"Rough muddy gravel track cut along a rocky valley","scope":"No exact camera clock, geolocation, tunnel branch, chainage or camera position is exposed. Publication is not capture time. Source context identifies the Chilime operation, but the precise photographed place remains unresolved. Timeline-only; no map pin, measured advance, employee contact or rescue outcome is established."},{"id":"media-indian-ambassador-access-2026-09-06-photo-03","source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-chilime-road-rope-2026-09-06","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-indian-ambassador-access-2026-09-06-03-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-indian-ambassador-access-2026-09-06-03.jpg","source_url":"https://x.com/navsri6619/status/2096564717016019278/photo/3","alt":"Orange helmeted rescuer in the foreground and two others with ropes in a flooded rock tunnel","scope":"No exact camera clock, geolocation, tunnel branch, chainage or camera position is exposed. Publication is not capture time. Source context identifies the Chilime operation, but the precise photographed place remains unresolved. Timeline-only; no map pin, measured advance, employee contact or rescue outcome is established."},{"id":"media-indian-ambassador-access-2026-09-07-video-01","source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-chilime-rope-complete-2026-09-07","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-indian-ambassador-access-2026-09-07-01-video-poster-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-indian-ambassador-access-2026-09-07-01-video-poster.jpg","source_url":"https://x.com/navsri6619/status/2096922105489363133/video/1","alt":"Worker handling lines or equipment on a steep rock-and-debris slope above muddy water","scope":"Timeline-only source context. Capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage and camera position are unresolved. No 3D map pin or equipment-identity inference. Platform poster only; no additional claim from unreviewed video audio."},{"id":"media-indian-ambassador-access-2026-09-07-video-02","source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-chilime-rope-complete-2026-09-07","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-indian-ambassador-access-2026-09-07-02-video-poster-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-indian-ambassador-access-2026-09-07-02-video-poster.jpg","source_url":"https://x.com/navsri6619/status/2096922105489363133/video/2","alt":"Orange tracked excavator beside muddy water and a rock slope","scope":"Timeline-only source context. Capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage and camera position are unresolved. No 3D map pin or equipment-identity inference. Platform poster only; no additional claim from unreviewed video audio."},{"id":"media-indian-ambassador-access-2026-09-07-photo-03","source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-chilime-rope-complete-2026-09-07","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-indian-ambassador-access-2026-09-07-03-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-indian-ambassador-access-2026-09-07-03.jpg","source_url":"https://x.com/navsri6619/status/2096922105489363133/photo/3","alt":"Uniformed personnel beside a dark inflatable craft and hoses in a wet rough tunnel","scope":"Timeline-only source context. Capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage and camera position are unresolved. No 3D map pin or equipment-identity inference. "},{"id":"media-indian-ambassador-access-2026-09-07-photo-04","source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-chilime-rope-complete-2026-09-07","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-indian-ambassador-access-2026-09-07-04-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-indian-ambassador-access-2026-09-07-04.jpg","source_url":"https://x.com/navsri6619/status/2096922105489363133/photo/4","alt":"Two uniformed personnel in the foreground of a wet tunnel passage","scope":"Timeline-only source context. Capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage and camera position are unresolved. No 3D map pin or equipment-identity inference. "},{"id":"media-bizpati-machine-plan-2026-09-07","source_id":"src-bizpati-dhakal-machine-plan-2026-09-07","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-bizpati-machine-plan-2026-09-07-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-bizpati-machine-plan-2026-09-07.jpg","source_url":"https://bizpati.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/trusili.jpg","alt":"Two-panel collage: workers in rock and debris at left; powered cable winch on a concrete floor at right","scope":"Timeline-only source context. Capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage and camera position are unresolved. No 3D map pin or equipment-identity inference. Newspaper collage; individual sites, original photographer and relationship to the proposed machine are unproven. It is not evidence of deployment."},{"id":"media-arnold-dix-assessment-video-poster-2026-09-07","source_id":"src-arnold-dix-linkedin-chilime-assessment","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-arnold-dix-assessment-video-poster-2026-09-07-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-arnold-dix-assessment-video-poster-2026-09-07.jpg","source_url":"https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D5605AQEBetHUpKg1uA/videocover-low/B56aByXoXXIMBI-/0/1788625196403?e=1789390800&v=beta&t=b5vYsJm6BqBtEsnVgKvQ-d7rWa_k0Tdg-GZrG2uwtlk","alt":"Aircraft cabin and open doorway, with a uniformed person outside and a wooded slope beyond","scope":"Timeline-only source context. Capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage and camera position are unresolved. No 3D map pin or equipment-identity inference. Original post supplies the durable playback reference. A representative aircraft-transit frame was inspected; full audiovisual content was not reviewed. Cover URL may expire."},{"id":"media-chilime-september-8-2026-01-video-poster","source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-chilime-hdpe-clearance-2026-09-08","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-september-8-2026-01-video-poster-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-september-8-2026-01-video-poster.jpg","source_url":"https://x.com/navsri6619/status/2097295196652462193/video/1","alt":"Orange-clad helmeted rescuers beside the mouth of a large black pipe in a wet rough-rock tunnel","scope":"Timeline-only source context. Capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage and camera position remain unresolved. Publication is not capture time. No 3D map pin, measured advance or employee outcome is established. Platform poster only; no additional claims from unreviewed audio or video sequence."},{"id":"media-chilime-september-8-2026-02-video-poster","source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-chilime-hdpe-clearance-2026-09-08","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-september-8-2026-02-video-poster-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-september-8-2026-02-video-poster.jpg","source_url":"https://x.com/navsri6619/status/2097295196652462193/video/2","alt":"Two helmeted people beside a rock wall, one in an orange vest and white helmet and the other in an orange helmet and harness","scope":"Timeline-only source context. Capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage and camera position remain unresolved. Publication is not capture time. No 3D map pin, measured advance or employee outcome is established. Platform poster only; no additional claims from unreviewed audio or video sequence."},{"id":"media-chilime-september-8-2026-03","source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-chilime-hdpe-clearance-2026-09-08","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-september-8-2026-03-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-september-8-2026-03.jpg","source_url":"https://x.com/navsri6619/status/2097295196652462193/photo/3","alt":"Four helmeted people in shallow muddy water with upright equipment, hoses and a large pipe farther along the tunnel","scope":"Timeline-only source context. Capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage and camera position remain unresolved. Publication is not capture time. No 3D map pin, measured advance or employee outcome is established."},{"id":"media-chilime-september-8-2026-04","source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-chilime-hdpe-clearance-2026-09-08","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-september-8-2026-04-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-september-8-2026-04.jpg","source_url":"https://x.com/navsri6619/status/2097295196652462193/photo/4","alt":"Helmeted rescuers in orange, green and camouflage clothing in a rough-rock passage or entrance area","scope":"Timeline-only source context. Capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage and camera position remain unresolved. Publication is not capture time. No 3D map pin, measured advance or employee outcome is established."},{"id":"media-chilime-september-8-2026-victor-video-poster","source_id":"src-victor-paudel-chilime-helicopter-reel-2026-09-08","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-september-8-2026-victor-video-poster-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-september-8-2026-victor-video-poster.jpg","source_url":"https://www.facebook.com/reel/1819576832381815/","alt":"Red helicopter beside a steep bare rock wall, with people and a large black pipe on a ledge near a rock opening and muddy water","scope":"Timeline-only source context. Capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage and camera position remain unresolved. Publication is not capture time. No 3D map pin, measured advance or employee outcome is established. Platform poster only; no additional claims from unreviewed audio or video sequence."},{"id":"media-chcl-update-2026-09-08-01","source_id":"src-official-2026-09-08","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-08-01-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-08-01.jpg","source_url":"https://chilime.com.np/media/Noticeboard/Informations_to_all_20830523.pdf","alt":"People handling ropes or a load on a steep rocky debris slope","scope":"Timeline-only source context. Individual capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage, station component and camera position remain unresolved. Publication is not capture time. No new map pin, measured advance, employee contact or rescue outcome is established."},{"id":"media-chcl-update-2026-09-08-02","source_id":"src-official-2026-09-08","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-08-02-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-08-02.jpg","source_url":"https://chilime.com.np/media/Noticeboard/Informations_to_all_20830523.pdf","alt":"People moving a rectangular metal frame or cage-like load along a rubble path; its purpose is unconfirmed","scope":"Timeline-only source context. Individual capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage, station component and camera position remain unresolved. Publication is not capture time. No new map pin, measured advance, employee contact or rescue outcome is established."},{"id":"media-chcl-update-2026-09-08-03","source_id":"src-official-2026-09-08","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-08-03-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-08-03.jpg","source_url":"https://chilime.com.np/media/Noticeboard/Informations_to_all_20830523.pdf","alt":"Closer view of people handling ropes or a load on a rocky slope","scope":"Timeline-only source context. Individual capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage, station component and camera position remain unresolved. Publication is not capture time. No new map pin, measured advance, employee contact or rescue outcome is established."},{"id":"media-chcl-update-2026-09-08-04","source_id":"src-official-2026-09-08","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-08-04-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-08-04.jpg","source_url":"https://chilime.com.np/media/Noticeboard/Informations_to_all_20830523.pdf","alt":"Worker on a ladder at an electrical pole structure, with another person on the ground","scope":"Timeline-only source context. Individual capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage, station component and camera position remain unresolved. Publication is not capture time. No new map pin, measured advance, employee contact or rescue outcome is established."},{"id":"media-chcl-update-2026-09-08-05","source_id":"src-official-2026-09-08","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-08-05-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-08-05.jpg","source_url":"https://chilime.com.np/media/Noticeboard/Informations_to_all_20830523.pdf","alt":"Electrical pole structure with a transformer unit on a vegetated slope","scope":"Timeline-only source context. Individual capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage, station component and camera position remain unresolved. Publication is not capture time. No new map pin, measured advance, employee contact or rescue outcome is established."},{"id":"media-chcl-update-2026-09-08-06","source_id":"src-official-2026-09-08","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-08-06-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-08-06.jpg","source_url":"https://chilime.com.np/media/Noticeboard/Informations_to_all_20830523.pdf","alt":"Red tracked excavator on a muddy cut beside a river and rock wall","scope":"Timeline-only source context. Individual capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage, station component and camera position remain unresolved. Publication is not capture time. No new map pin, measured advance, employee contact or rescue outcome is established."},{"id":"media-dix-coordination-2026-09-08-video-poster","source_id":"src-arnold-dix-chilime-coordination-2026-09-08","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-dix-coordination-2026-09-08-video-poster-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-dix-coordination-2026-09-08-video-poster.jpg","source_url":"https://pbs.twimg.com/amplify_video_thumb/2097322957601419265/img/MefRoqbz0ddNvYGs?format=jpg&name=small","alt":"Seated helmeted people in an aircraft cockpit with grass or an airfield outside","scope":"Timeline-only source context. Individual capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage, station component and camera position remain unresolved. Publication is not capture time. No new map pin, measured advance, employee contact or rescue outcome is established."},{"id":"media-chcl-update-2026-09-09-01","source_id":"src-official-2026-09-09","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-09-01-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-09-01.jpg","source_url":"https://chilime.com.np/media/Noticeboard/Informations_to_all_20830524.pdf","alt":"Helmeted workers on a rocky ledge beside a vertical wall","scope":"Timeline-only source context. Individual capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage, station component and camera position remain unresolved. Publication is not capture time. No new map pin, measured advance, employee contact or rescue outcome is established."},{"id":"media-chcl-update-2026-09-09-02","source_id":"src-official-2026-09-09","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-09-02-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-09-02.jpg","source_url":"https://chilime.com.np/media/Noticeboard/Informations_to_all_20830524.pdf","alt":"Yellow construction machine with a red boom on a rubble track beside workers and a rock wall","scope":"Timeline-only source context. Individual capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage, station component and camera position remain unresolved. Publication is not capture time. No new map pin, measured advance, employee contact or rescue outcome is established."},{"id":"media-chcl-update-2026-09-09-03","source_id":"src-official-2026-09-09","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-09-03-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-09-03.jpg","source_url":"https://chilime.com.np/media/Noticeboard/Informations_to_all_20830524.pdf","alt":"Roped workers on a steep rock face, with a partial helmeted selfie in the foreground","scope":"Timeline-only source context. Individual capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage, station component and camera position remain unresolved. Publication is not capture time. No new map pin, measured advance, employee contact or rescue outcome is established."},{"id":"media-chcl-update-2026-09-09-04","source_id":"src-official-2026-09-09","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-09-04-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-09-04.jpg","source_url":"https://chilime.com.np/media/Noticeboard/Informations_to_all_20830524.pdf","alt":"Two roped climbers on a rock wall with a group of helmeted workers below","scope":"Timeline-only source context. Individual capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage, station component and camera position remain unresolved. Publication is not capture time. No new map pin, measured advance, employee contact or rescue outcome is established."},{"id":"media-chcl-update-2026-09-09-05","source_id":"src-official-2026-09-09","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-09-05-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-09-05.jpg","source_url":"https://chilime.com.np/media/Noticeboard/Informations_to_all_20830524.pdf","alt":"Strapped wire-mesh roll and metal frame, with helicopter and workers in the background","scope":"Timeline-only source context. Individual capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage, station component and camera position remain unresolved. Publication is not capture time. No new map pin, measured advance, employee contact or rescue outcome is established. Supply staging or transit does not establish delivery at the station."},{"id":"media-chcl-update-2026-09-09-06","source_id":"src-official-2026-09-09","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-09-06-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-09-06.jpg","source_url":"https://chilime.com.np/media/Noticeboard/Informations_to_all_20830524.pdf","alt":"Pickup carrying a large cable reel outside a compound gate","scope":"Timeline-only source context. Individual capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage, station component and camera position remain unresolved. Publication is not capture time. No new map pin, measured advance, employee contact or rescue outcome is established. Supply staging or transit does not establish delivery at the station."},{"id":"media-bizpati-bista-context-2026-09-10","source_id":"src-bizpati-bista-100m-clearance-2026-09-10","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-bizpati-bista-context-2026-09-10-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-bizpati-bista-context-2026-09-10.jpg","source_url":"https://bizpati.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/rasuwa-1.jpg","alt":"Four helmeted personnel with ropes and lights in a dark wet rock tunnel","scope":"Timeline-only undated article context. Capture time, photographer, individual identity, exact location, station component, tunnel branch, chainage and camera position remain unresolved. Article publication is not capture time; this photograph does not document a measured advance or prove the reported machinery deployment. No map placement."},{"id":"media-britant-equipment-context-2026-09-10","source_id":"src-britant-chaudhary-excavator-work-2026-09-10","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-britant-equipment-context-2026-09-10-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-britant-equipment-context-2026-09-10.jpg","source_url":"https://britantnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/photo-3_da90fa15.jpg","alt":"Helmeted people standing and sitting on bare rocky ground beside a steep debris slope","scope":"Timeline-only undated article context. Capture time, photographer, individual identity, exact location, station component, tunnel branch, chainage and camera position remain unresolved. Article publication is not capture time; this photograph does not document a measured advance or prove the reported machinery deployment. No map placement."},{"id":"media-clickmandu-green-excavator-2026-09-10","source_id":"src-clickmandu-green-excavator-photo-2026-09-10","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-clickmandu-green-excavator-2026-09-10-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-clickmandu-green-excavator-2026-09-10.jpg","source_url":"https://clickmandu.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/chilime-surung.jpg","alt":"Green tracked excavator on a narrow debris cut beside a muddy river, with several people in the foreground","scope":"Timeline-only article photograph of the reported access-work context. The image shows a green excavator outside beside a river, not inside a tunnel. Capture date/time, photographer, exact machine identity, precise station location, tunnel branch, chainage and camera position remain unresolved. The article supplies no individual location or capture caption, so no map placement or measured advance is inferred."},{"id":"media-chcl-update-2026-09-10-01","source_id":"src-official-2026-09-10","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-10-01-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-10-01.jpg","source_url":"https://chilime.com.np/media/Noticeboard/Informations_to_all_20830525.pdf","alt":"Helmeted person in the foreground of a low muddy rock passage, with another person behind","scope":"Timeline-only source context. Individual capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage, station component and camera position remain unresolved. Publication is not capture time. No measured advance, employee contact or rescue outcome is established."},{"id":"media-chcl-update-2026-09-10-02","source_id":"src-official-2026-09-10","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-10-02-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-10-02.jpg","source_url":"https://chilime.com.np/media/Noticeboard/Informations_to_all_20830525.pdf","alt":"Green tracked excavator beside a river and a steep rock face, with people nearby","scope":"Timeline-only source context. Individual capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage, station component and camera position remain unresolved. Publication is not capture time. No measured advance, employee contact or rescue outcome is established."},{"id":"media-chcl-update-2026-09-10-03","source_id":"src-official-2026-09-10","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-10-03-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-10-03.jpg","source_url":"https://chilime.com.np/media/Noticeboard/Informations_to_all_20830525.pdf","alt":"Camouflaged arm and gloved hand beside another helmeted person in a narrow dark rock passage","scope":"Timeline-only source context. Individual capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage, station component and camera position remain unresolved. Publication is not capture time. No measured advance, employee contact or rescue outcome is established."},{"id":"media-chcl-update-2026-09-10-04","source_id":"src-official-2026-09-10","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-10-04-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-10-04.jpg","source_url":"https://chilime.com.np/media/Noticeboard/Informations_to_all_20830525.pdf","alt":"Helmeted people with a ladder, ropes and equipment against a steep rock face","scope":"Timeline-only source context. Individual capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage, station component and camera position remain unresolved. Publication is not capture time. No measured advance, employee contact or rescue outcome is established."},{"id":"media-chcl-update-2026-09-10-05","source_id":"src-official-2026-09-10","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-10-05-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-10-05.jpg","source_url":"https://chilime.com.np/media/Noticeboard/Informations_to_all_20830525.pdf","alt":"People moving a large cable reel in a paved compound beside a gate and buildings","scope":"Timeline-only source context. Individual capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage, station component and camera position remain unresolved. Publication is not capture time. No measured advance, employee contact or rescue outcome is established. Cable handling in a compound is logistics context and is not evidence of delivery at the station."},{"id":"media-chcl-update-2026-09-10-06","source_id":"src-official-2026-09-10","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-10-06-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-10-06.jpg","source_url":"https://chilime.com.np/media/Noticeboard/Informations_to_all_20830525.pdf","alt":"People standing on a narrow rocky riverbank below a steep rock face","scope":"Timeline-only source context. Individual capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage, station component and camera position remain unresolved. Publication is not capture time. No measured advance, employee contact or rescue outcome is established."},{"id":"media-khabarhub-ghising-context-2026-09-11","source_id":"src-khabarhub-ghising-airflow-assessment-2026-09-11","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-khabarhub-ghising-context-2026-09-11-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-khabarhub-ghising-context-2026-09-11.jpg","source_url":"https://www.khabarhub.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/chilime-hydropower-2.jpg","alt":"Three-panel collage of people near rock and a tunnel opening, and equipment outside a dark tunnel","scope":"Timeline-only source context. Individual capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage, station component and camera position remain unresolved. Publication is not capture time. No measured advance, employee contact or rescue outcome is established. The composite is one published asset. Its panels have no individual location or capture captions and are not assigned one camera position."},{"id":"media-nepallive-green-excavator-2026-09-11","source_id":"src-nepallive-chaudhary-access-photo-2026-09-11","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-nepallive-green-excavator-2026-09-11-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-nepallive-green-excavator-2026-09-11.jpg","source_url":"https://nepallive.net/uploads/posts/photo-2_cb08c0ca-1789096077.jpg","alt":"Green tracked excavator on a narrow muddy riverside cut beneath a steep rock face","scope":"Timeline-only source context. Individual capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage, station component and camera position remain unresolved. Publication is not capture time. No measured advance, employee contact or rescue outcome is established. This is an outside scene; no tunnel-machine entry is inferred."},{"id":"media-chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-11","source_id":"src-official-2026-09-11","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-11-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-11.jpg","source_url":"https://chilime.com.np/media/Noticeboard/Informations_to_all_20830526.jpg","alt":"Complete 11 September CHCL bulletin with 5 photographic panels","scope":"Timeline-only context. Individual capture time, camera position, tunnel branch and chainage are unresolved. Publication is not capture time; no employee contact or rescue outcome is established. Complete bulletin retained as one published image asset; all panels remain available together. Mixed views do not establish a shared camera position. Some subjects repeat earlier Army or owner imagery."},{"id":"media-chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-12","source_id":"src-official-2026-09-12","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-12-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-12.jpg","source_url":"https://chilime.com.np/media/Noticeboard/Informations_to_all_20830527.jpg","alt":"Complete 12 September CHCL bulletin with 4 photographic panels","scope":"Timeline-only context. Individual capture time, camera position, tunnel branch and chainage are unresolved. Publication is not capture time; no employee contact or rescue outcome is established. Complete bulletin retained as one published image asset; all panels remain available together. Mixed views do not establish a shared camera position. Some subjects repeat earlier Army or owner imagery."},{"id":"media-chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-13","source_id":"src-official-2026-09-13","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-13-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-13.jpg","source_url":"https://chilime.com.np/media/Noticeboard/Informations_to_all_20830528.jpg","alt":"Complete 13 September CHCL bulletin with 7 photographic panels","scope":"Timeline-only context. Individual capture time, camera position, tunnel branch and chainage are unresolved. Publication is not capture time; no employee contact or rescue outcome is established. Complete bulletin retained as one published image asset; all panels remain available together. Mixed views do not establish a shared camera position. Some subjects repeat earlier Army or owner imagery."},{"id":"media-chilime-pulchowk-device-2026-09-11-01","source_id":"src-setopati-pulchowk-device-2026-09-11","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-pulchowk-device-2026-09-11-01-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-pulchowk-device-2026-09-11-01.jpg","source_url":"https://www.setopati.com/uploads/posts/Pulchowk5-1789126050.jpg","alt":"Three helmeted people arranging drums and equipment in a cargo net outdoors","scope":"Timeline-only context. Individual capture time, camera position, tunnel branch and chainage are unresolved. Publication is not capture time; no employee contact or rescue outcome is established. Off-site workshop or packing context; no map placement."},{"id":"media-chilime-pulchowk-device-2026-09-11-02","source_id":"src-setopati-pulchowk-device-2026-09-11","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-pulchowk-device-2026-09-11-02-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-pulchowk-device-2026-09-11-02.jpg","source_url":"https://www.setopati.com/uploads/posts/Pulchowk1-1789126051.jpg","alt":"Five people with drums, winches and wheeled frames in a workshop","scope":"Timeline-only context. Individual capture time, camera position, tunnel branch and chainage are unresolved. Publication is not capture time; no employee contact or rescue outcome is established. Off-site workshop or packing context; no map placement."},{"id":"media-chilime-pulchowk-device-2026-09-11-03","source_id":"src-setopati-pulchowk-device-2026-09-11","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-pulchowk-device-2026-09-11-03-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-pulchowk-device-2026-09-11-03.jpg","source_url":"https://www.setopati.com/uploads/posts/Pulchowk4-1789126050.jpg","alt":"Two people attaching cables to a metal drum in a workshop","scope":"Timeline-only context. Individual capture time, camera position, tunnel branch and chainage are unresolved. Publication is not capture time; no employee contact or rescue outcome is established. Off-site workshop or packing context; no map placement."},{"id":"media-chilime-pulchowk-device-2026-09-11-04","source_id":"src-setopati-pulchowk-device-2026-09-11","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-pulchowk-device-2026-09-11-04-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-pulchowk-device-2026-09-11-04.jpg","source_url":"https://www.setopati.com/uploads/posts/Pulchowk3-1789126050.jpg","alt":"Four people beside winches and a drum in a workshop","scope":"Timeline-only context. Individual capture time, camera position, tunnel branch and chainage are unresolved. Publication is not capture time; no employee contact or rescue outcome is established. Off-site workshop or packing context; no map placement."},{"id":"media-chilime-nepalviews-cleaning-2026-09-12","source_id":"src-nepalviews-chilime-cleaning-2026-09-12","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-nepalviews-cleaning-2026-09-12-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-nepalviews-cleaning-2026-09-12.webp","source_url":"https://nepalviews.cdnsolution.net/np/media/news/photo-2_a97c8e46_z0ublualWG.webp","alt":"Helmeted person beside large pipes in a muddy, dimly lit tunnel","scope":"Timeline-only context. Individual capture time, camera position, tunnel branch and chainage are unresolved. Publication is not capture time; no employee contact or rescue outcome is established. "},{"id":"media-chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-14","source_id":"src-official-2026-09-14","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-14-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-14.jpg","source_url":"https://chilime.com.np/media/Noticeboard/Informations_to_all_20830529.jpg","alt":"Complete 14 September CHCL bulletin with four photographic panels","scope":"Complete original bulletin retained as one image asset with four photographic panels. Capture times and individual camera positions are unknown. These mixed portal and tunnel views are timeline-only; none is pinned at 125 m. The source date is not a capture date."},{"id":"media-chilime-dewatering-2026-09-14-01","source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-dewatering-2026-09-14","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-dewatering-2026-09-14-01-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-dewatering-2026-09-14-01.jpg","source_url":"https://pbs.twimg.com/amplify_video_thumb/2099525975197532160/img/oPg0wWeI4yEi0jWB?format=jpg&name=medium","alt":"Video poster: standing water and lights in a rough-rock tunnel","scope":"Publication is not capture time. Precise branch, chainage and camera position are unresolved; timeline-only, not placed at the current reported reach. Platform poster inspected; no claims from unreviewed audio or the full video sequence."},{"id":"media-chilime-dewatering-2026-09-14-02","source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-dewatering-2026-09-14","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-dewatering-2026-09-14-02-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-dewatering-2026-09-14-02.jpg","source_url":"https://pbs.twimg.com/amplify_video_thumb/2099525975210127360/img/9f5tH61MUCjlff_3?format=jpg&name=900x900","alt":"Video poster: yellow loader bucket beside rubble in a lit tunnel","scope":"Publication is not capture time. Precise branch, chainage and camera position are unresolved; timeline-only, not placed at the current reported reach. Platform poster inspected; no claims from unreviewed audio or the full video sequence."},{"id":"media-chilime-dewatering-2026-09-14-03","source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-dewatering-2026-09-14","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-dewatering-2026-09-14-03-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-dewatering-2026-09-14-03.jpg","source_url":"https://x.com/navsri6619/status/2099526156487934446/photo/3","alt":"Helmeted rescuers beside a machine bucket, boulders and standing water in a tunnel","scope":"Publication is not capture time. Precise branch, chainage and camera position are unresolved; timeline-only, not placed at the current reported reach."},{"id":"media-chilime-dewatering-2026-09-14-04","source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-dewatering-2026-09-14","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-dewatering-2026-09-14-04-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-dewatering-2026-09-14-04.jpg","source_url":"https://x.com/navsri6619/status/2099526156487934446/photo/4","alt":"People on a rocky ledge beside standing water in a lit tunnel","scope":"Publication is not capture time. Precise branch, chainage and camera position are unresolved; timeline-only, not placed at the current reported reach."},{"id":"media-chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-15","source_id":"src-official-2026-09-15","local_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-15-thumb.webp","detail_url":"./references/external/chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-15.jpg","source_url":"https://chilime.com.np/media/Noticeboard/Informations_to_all_20830530.jpg","alt":"Complete CHCL 15 September bulletin with four photo panels","scope":"Publication is not capture time. Precise branch, chainage and camera position are unresolved; timeline-only, not placed at the current reported reach."}],"event_media_locations":[{"id":"event-field-photos-2026-08-29","event_ids":["evt-rope-entry","evt-advance-120-130","evt-mud-limit","evt-pump-plan"],"media_ids":["media-facebook-field-preview","media-facebook-field-02","media-facebook-field-03","media-facebook-field-05"],"source_id":"src-field-facebook-2026-08-29","title":"29 August tunnel-mouth source photos","photo_count":4,"confidence":"unresolved","confidence_label":"Station-area context · exact tunnel branch unknown","marker_label":"Tunnel-mouth photos · location unresolved","map_placement":"terrain_area","anchor":{"kind":"geographic_area","latitude":28.1576014,"longitude":85.3318422,"height_offset_m":8},"summary":"Four direct attachments from the five-image field-account set show rescuers, rope and deep muddy sediment at a tunnel opening. They do not expose individual capture times or a surveyed camera position.","anchor_note":"Station-area marker only. The source does not identify the tunnel branch, portal, chainage, or exact camera location."},{"id":"event-sludge-blockage-photo-2026-08-29","event_ids":["evt-advance-120-130","evt-mud-limit"],"media_ids":["media-nnmga-blockage-2026-08-29"],"source_id":"src-nnmga-facebook-2026-08-29","title":"Sludge blocking further tunnel access","photo_count":1,"confidence":"reported_approximate","confidence_label":"Earlier approx. 120 m report · later distance reports conflict","marker_label":"Earlier depth report · conflicting figures","display_status":"conflicting_reports","warning_label":"Conflicting distance reports","map_placement":"component","anchor_component":"Main_Access_Tunnel","anchor":{"kind":"reported_route_distance","distance_m":120,"height_offset_m":8},"summary":"One direct NNMGA attachment shows sludge spanning the tunnel passage. NNMGA reported complete blockage at approximately 120 m, while later Nepali Army reports placed joint teams at approximately 35 m, 50 m and 150 m at different reported stages.","anchor_note":"Muted illustrative marker at the earlier approximately 120 m reported depth along the schematic main-access alignment. It is not a surveyed chainage, confirmed tunnel branch or camera position. Reports now conflict at approximately 35 m, 50 m, 90 m, 100 m, 120–130 m and 150 m, with no common measurement origin or branch established.","conflict_updates":[{"label":"31 Aug · later Army-origin distance report","source_id":"src-rafat-nepal-army-chilime-35m-2026-08-31","text":"A joint team including foreign experts was reported about 35 m inside and clearing the section ahead. The source says entered, not that 35 m was the maximum ever excavated."},{"label":"1 Sep · official 50 m search report","source_id":"src-nepali-army-facebook-multi-project-update-2026-09-01-1100","text":"The Nepali Army later reported that the joint team had searched about 50 m inside by 11:00. The report does not identify a common measurement origin, branch or maximum historical advance."},{"label":"1 Sep · official 150 m entry report","source_id":"src-nepali-army-facebook-multi-project-update-2026-09-01-1700","text":"In its 17:00 status update, the Nepali Army reported that a 26-person joint team reached about 150 m and found the sloping section completely buried or filled. The branch and measurement origin remain unstated."},{"label":"1 Sep · access constraint report","source_id":"src-kathmandu-post-chilime-access-constraint-2026-09-01","text":"The tunnel was reported filled with water and the tailrace blocked, with pumping required before teams could proceed. Pumping or renewed advance was not confirmed."}]},{"id":"event-outside-recovery-photo-2026-08-29","event_ids":["evt-outside-recovery"],"media_ids":["media-facebook-field-04"],"source_id":"src-field-facebook-2026-08-29","title":"29 August exterior source photo","photo_count":1,"confidence":"unresolved","confidence_label":"Station-area context · exact exterior location unknown","marker_label":"Exterior photo · location unresolved","map_placement":"terrain_area","anchor":{"kind":"geographic_area","latitude":28.1576014,"longitude":85.3318422,"height_offset_m":8},"summary":"One direct attachment shows uniformed personnel carrying a white-wrapped load across muddy ground outside a tunnel. The image alone does not establish the load's contents or identity.","anchor_note":"Station-area marker only. The source does not identify the tunnel, exterior camera position, or surveyed coordinates."},{"id":"event-mobilisation-source-photos-2026-08-30","event_ids":["evt-rescue-team-mobilisation-report"],"media_ids":["media-facebook-mobilisation-07"],"source_id":"src-bimal-facebook-2026-08-30","title":"30 August helicopter arrival-context photo","photo_count":1,"confidence":"unresolved","confidence_label":"Mountain arrival context · exact location unknown","marker_label":"Arrival-context photo · location unresolved","map_placement":"terrain_area","anchor":{"kind":"geographic_area","latitude":28.1576014,"longitude":85.3318422,"height_offset_m":8},"summary":"One direct attachment shows a military helicopter and uniformed personnel on mud-covered mountain ground. It is retained as arrival-site context, but the source does not expose its exact location or independently establish that it was captured at Chilime.","anchor_note":"Station-area event-context marker only; the exact camera location is unresolved. Six other stills from the same post show off-site equipment preparation or transit and remain in the log entry rather than on the map."},{"id":"event-excavator-request-portal-photo-2026-08-29-30","event_ids":["evt-mi17-equipment-request"],"media_ids":["media-bimal-excavator-portal-2026-08-29-30"],"source_id":"src-bimal-facebook-excavator-request-2026-08-29-30","title":"Mud-obstructed powerhouse-portal context","photo_count":1,"confidence":"unresolved","confidence_label":"Reported powerhouse-portal context · camera position unresolved","marker_label":"Powerhouse portal request · schematic entrance","map_placement":"component","anchor_component":"Main_Access_Tunnel","anchor":{"kind":"route","fraction":0},"summary":"The shared-post attachment shows mud and standing water covering the approach to a rock tunnel opening. Bimal Khadka's accompanying text explicitly requests excavator airlift to the Chilime powerhouse portal.","anchor_note":"Component-context marker at the start of the schematic Main Access Tunnel only. The source does not identify a drawing label, surveyed portal coordinate, tunnel branch tie, chainage, camera position or capture time, and the image does not establish excavator arrival or use."},{"id":"event-bimal-rescue-photos-2026-08-31","event_ids":["evt-bimal-rescue-operation-photo-update"],"media_ids":["media-bimal-rescue-photos-2026-08-31-01","media-bimal-rescue-photos-2026-08-31-02"],"source_id":"src-bimal-facebook-rescue-photos-2026-08-31","title":"31 August Chilime rescue-operation photos","photo_count":2,"confidence":"unresolved","confidence_label":"Station-area context · exact tunnel entrance unknown","marker_label":"Rescue photos · tunnel entrance unresolved","map_placement":"terrain_area","anchor":{"kind":"geographic_area","latitude":28.1576014,"longitude":85.3318422,"height_offset_m":8},"summary":"Two direct attachments show helmeted and uniformed rescue personnel with rope and equipment at a rough-hewn rock tunnel entrance in the source's stated Chilime rescue-operation context.","anchor_note":"Station-area event-context marker only. The source does not identify the exact tunnel, portal, branch, chainage or camera position, so the photos are not pinned to a modeled component."},{"id":"event-chcl-rescue-photos-2026-09-01","event_ids":["evt-chcl-jcb-access-high-flow-pullback-update"],"media_ids":["media-official-update-2026-09-01-01","media-official-update-2026-09-01-02"],"source_id":"src-official-2026-09-01","title":"1 September CHCL tunnel-entrance photos","photo_count":2,"confidence":"unresolved","confidence_label":"Chilime powerhouse context · exact tunnel entrance unknown","marker_label":"CHCL rescue photos · entrance unresolved","map_placement":"terrain_area","anchor":{"kind":"geographic_area","latitude":28.1576014,"longitude":85.3318422,"height_offset_m":8},"summary":"Two photos embedded in CHCL's dated owner bulletin show helmeted rescue personnel, ropes, cable and equipment at a rough-hewn tunnel entrance in the bulletin's Chilime powerhouse context.","anchor_note":"Station-area event-context marker only. The bulletin identifies the Chilime powerhouse but does not identify the exact tunnel, portal, branch, chainage, camera position or capture time, so the photos join the combined area circle and are not pinned to a modeled component."},{"id":"event-indian-float-rescue-video-2026-09-01","event_ids":["evt-indian-team-improvised-float-tunnel-exploration-report"],"media_ids":["media-indian-float-rescue-x-2026-09-01-video-01"],"source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-chilime-float-exploration-2026-09-01","title":"1 September improvised-float tunnel video","photo_count":1,"confidence":"unresolved","confidence_label":"Chilime operation context · exact tunnel position unknown","marker_label":"Improvised-float video · tunnel position unresolved","map_placement":"terrain_area","anchor":{"kind":"geographic_area","latitude":28.1576014,"longitude":85.3318422,"height_offset_m":8},"summary":"The first official X video shows uniformed rescuers moving through a wet, muddy tunnel while one person uses or lies on a small improvised float in the post's stated Chilime operation context.","anchor_note":"Station-area event-context marker only. The post identifies the operation as Chilime but supplies no camera time, exact tunnel, portal, branch, chainage or camera position, so the video poster joins the combined area circle and is not pinned to a modeled component."},{"id":"event-india-embassy-float-rescue-photos-2026-09-01","event_ids":["evt-indian-team-improvised-float-tunnel-exploration-report"],"media_ids":["media-india-embassy-float-rescue-facebook-2026-09-01-01","media-india-embassy-float-rescue-facebook-2026-09-01-02","media-india-embassy-float-rescue-facebook-2026-09-01-03"],"source_id":"src-india-embassy-facebook-chilime-rescue-photos-2026-09-01","title":"1 September Embassy rescue-operation photos","photo_count":3,"confidence":"unresolved","confidence_label":"Chilime operation context · exact tunnel position unknown","marker_label":"Embassy rescue photos · tunnel position unresolved","map_placement":"terrain_area","anchor":{"kind":"geographic_area","latitude":28.1576014,"longitude":85.3318422,"height_offset_m":8},"summary":"Three direct Embassy attachments show a rescue team at a rough-hewn tunnel entrance and rescuers using a small improvised float over a wet, muddy tunnel floor in the post's stated Chilime operation context.","anchor_note":"Station-area event-context marker only. The Embassy post identifies Chilime but supplies no camera time, exact tunnel, portal, branch, chainage or camera position, so the photos join the combined area circle and are not pinned to a modeled component."},{"id":"event-indian-ambassador-site-visit-media-2026-09-03","event_ids":["evt-chilime-continued-excavation-heavy-equipment-plan-2026-09-03"],"media_ids":["media-indian-ambassador-site-visit-2026-09-03-video-02","media-indian-ambassador-site-visit-2026-09-03-video-03","media-indian-ambassador-site-visit-2026-09-03-04"],"source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-chilime-site-visit-2026-09-03","title":"3 September Chilime tunnel site-visit media","photo_count":3,"confidence":"unresolved","confidence_label":"Chilime tunnel-operation context · exact position unknown","marker_label":"Site-visit tunnel media · position unresolved","map_placement":"terrain_area","anchor":{"kind":"geographic_area","latitude":28.1576014,"longitude":85.3318422,"height_offset_m":8},"summary":"Two official X video posters show the visiting group with helmeted or uniformed personnel at a rough-hewn tunnel entrance, and one official photograph shows a rescuer lying prone on a small float in a dark, waterlogged and muddy tunnel.","anchor_note":"Station-area event-context marker only. The post identifies the Chilime powerhouse-tunnel operation, but none of these attachments supplies a capture time, exact tunnel, portal, branch, chainage or camera position. They are not pinned to the reported approximately 100 m extent and join the combined station-area evidence circle rather than a modeled component."}],"events":[{"id":"evt-flood-damage-reported","sequence":0,"group_date":"2026-08-26","phase":"Initial damage report","title":"Flood damage to Chilime is reported","short":"Flood damage","reader":{"title":"Flood damage reported at Chilime","summary":"Setopati, citing the Nepal Electricity Authority, reported flood damage at Chilime.","limit":"The report does not say when the flood arrived or where the station was damaged."},"occurred_at":{"from":"2026-08-26","to":null,"precision":"date_only","display":"26 Aug · occurrence time not stated"},"reported_at":"2026-08-26T11:43:00+05:45","reported_at_source_id":"src-setopati-damage-2026-08-26","reported_at_basis":"Setopati's displayed publication time, to minute precision. It is not the time the flood reached Chilime.","updated_at":"2026-08-31T19:14:56+05:45","verification":"single_source","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"Setopati reported flood damage at Chilime, attributing the information to the Nepal Electricity Authority.","meaning":"This is an early damage report for the station. It does not locate damage within the underground complex or establish when the flood arrived.","annotation":"Chilime damage reported · extent and location unresolved","facts":[["Report","Flood damage"],["Attribution","NEA via Setopati"],["Published","26 Aug · 11:43 NPT"],["Arrival time","Not stated"]],"claims":[{"text":"Setopati reported that the Nepal Electricity Authority identified Chilime among the hydropower facilities damaged by the flood.","source_ids":["src-setopati-damage-2026-08-26"],"confidence":"single_source"}],"evidence":"The newsroom attributes the damage information to NEA. Its publication time is kept separate from the date-only occurrence; damage at other facilities in the article is not assigned to Chilime.","photo_count":0,"photo_label":"0 photos","photo_scope":"No event photograph is attached to this timeline record.","revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-08-30T03:07:25+05:45","note":"Added the approved early damage report with publication and occurrence clocks kept separate."},{"revision":2,"at":"2026-08-30T04:54:21+05:45","note":"Recorded an explicitly editorial reading order without asserting unknown event clocks. Corrected unsupported historical edit timestamps where present; original revision notes retained."},{"revision":3,"at":"2026-08-31T19:14:56+05:45","note":"Added concise reader-facing title, summary and uncertainty text; the underlying claims, audit copy, source attribution, timing and evidence limits are unchanged."}],"reading_order":0},{"id":"evt-people-out-of-contact","sequence":1,"group_date":"2026-08-27","phase":"Situation","title":"Six employees are reported out of contact","short":"Six people reported","reader":{"title":"Owner reports six employees out of contact","summary":"CHCL reported six employees out of contact on 27 August. Its 29 August roster instead lists five people trapped inside the powerhouse and one local staff member missing.","limit":"The difference is unresolved. No reviewed source confirms their current status, tunnel branch, or exact positions."},"occurred_at":{"from":"2026-08-27","to":null,"precision":"date_only","display":"Occurrence time not stated"},"reported_at":"2026-08-27","reported_at_source_id":"src-official-2026-08-27","reported_at_basis":"Date on the owner bulletin. A file Last-Modified header is retained only in source provenance and does not establish publication or occurrence time.","updated_at":"2026-08-31T19:14:56+05:45","verification":"official","view":"site","chainage":null,"summary":"On 27 August the owner reported six employees out of contact in the powerhouse tunnel area. Its 29 August staff list separately categorizes five as trapped inside the powerhouse and one local staff member as missing; those categories must not be combined into a confirmed underground count.","meaning":"The site layout provides spatial context only. The available sources do not identify the tunnel branch or the employees’ exact positions.","annotation":"Incident location within the complex is not identified","facts":[["27 Aug owner report","6 out of contact"],["29 Aug roster","5 trapped inside powerhouse"],["Separate roster category","1 local staff missing"],["Difference","Unresolved"]],"claims":[{"text":"On 27 August the owner reported six employees out of contact in the powerhouse tunnel area.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-08-27"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"The 29 August owner staff list categorizes five people as trapped inside the powerhouse and one separately as local staff missing.","source_ids":["src-official-status-2026-08-29"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"The CEO later described six as trapped in the 29 August OnlineKhabar interview. This is retained as an attributed report; the roster difference is unresolved.","source_ids":["src-onlinekhabar-ceo-2026-08-29"],"confidence":"single_source"}],"evidence":"The early owner notice, later staff categories, and CEO interview are distinct dated claims. The staff list does not independently corroborate six people inside the powerhouse. No reviewed source resolves the difference or establishes current status or exact underground locations.","photo_count":0,"photo_label":"0 photos","photo_scope":"No event photograph is attached to this timeline record.","revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":null,"note":"Created from owner-published status material.","time_status":"unknown","timestamp_correction":"Previously recorded as 2026-08-30T09:42:00+05:45, which was in the future at the launch audit. Actual edit time is not established; the original note and revision number are preserved."},{"revision":2,"at":null,"note":"Added the official asset's server-recorded publication time while keeping occurrence time unstated.","time_status":"unknown","timestamp_correction":"Previously recorded as 2026-08-30T09:42:00+05:45, which was in the future at the launch audit. Actual edit time is not established; the original note and revision number are preserved."},{"revision":3,"at":"2026-08-30T04:54:21+05:45","note":"Separated the early six-person report, the later five-plus-one roster categories, and the CEO attribution without inferring a reconciled count. Corrected unsupported historical edit timestamps where present; original revision notes retained."},{"revision":4,"at":"2026-08-31T19:14:56+05:45","note":"Added concise reader-facing title, summary and uncertainty text; the underlying claims, audit copy, source attribution, timing and evidence limits are unchanged."}],"reading_order":1},{"id":"evt-specialist-response","sequence":2,"group_date":"2026-08-28","phase":"Mobilisation","title":"Specialist response is staged; station deployment is deferred","short":"Deployment deferred","reader":{"title":"Station deployment deferred","summary":"CHCL said equipment reached Trishuli and climbers were ready, but weather and helicopter permission prevented deployment to Chilime on 28 August.","limit":"A later field account names participants but does not confirm arrival on 28 August or identify an entry portal."},"occurred_at":{"from":"2026-08-28","to":null,"precision":"date_only","display":"Occurrence time not stated"},"reported_at":"2026-08-28","reported_at_source_id":"src-official-2026-08-28","reported_at_basis":"Date on the owner bulletin. A file Last-Modified header is retained only in source provenance and does not establish publication or occurrence time.","updated_at":"2026-08-31T19:14:56+05:45","verification":"official","view":"site","chainage":null,"summary":"The 28 August owner bulletin says excavator and drill equipment reached Trishuli by road and climbers were ready, but helicopter permission and weather prevented deployment to the station that day. Deployment was deferred to the following day; a later field account names NNMGA guides and the Simrik Helicopter team.","meaning":"The main entrance is highlighted as context. No source supplies a defensible portal name or entry coordinate.","annotation":"Reported specialist response · exact portal not identified","facts":[["Equipment","Staged at Trishuli"],["Climbers","Ready to deploy"],["28 Aug station deployment","Deferred"],["Constraint","Helicopter permission + weather"]],"claims":[{"text":"The owner reported equipment staged at Trishuli and climbers ready, but helicopter permission and weather prevented station deployment on 28 August; deployment was deferred to the following day.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-08-28"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"The later 29 August field account names NNMGA guides and the Simrik Helicopter team as participants; it does not establish their arrival on 28 August.","source_ids":["src-field-facebook-2026-08-29","src-onlinekhabar-2026-08-29"],"confidence":"single_origin_republished"}],"evidence":"The dated owner bulletin distinguishes staging from arrival at Chilime. The later field account supports named participants, not same-day deployment or an independently corroborated arrival time.","photo_count":0,"photo_label":"0 photos","photo_scope":"The cited official update is a notice, not an event-photo set.","revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":null,"note":"Combined separate official and field claims without merging their timing.","time_status":"unknown","timestamp_correction":"Previously recorded as 2026-08-30T09:42:00+05:45, which was in the future at the launch audit. Actual edit time is not established; the original note and revision number are preserved."},{"revision":2,"at":null,"note":"Added the official upload time and a same-origin published report for the named rescue team.","time_status":"unknown","timestamp_correction":"Previously recorded as 2026-08-30T09:42:00+05:45, which was in the future at the launch audit. Actual edit time is not established; the original note and revision number are preserved."},{"revision":3,"at":"2026-08-30T04:54:21+05:45","note":"Added the owner-reported deployment postponement and separated staging at Trishuli from arrival at the station. Corrected unsupported historical edit timestamps where present; original revision notes retained."},{"revision":4,"at":"2026-08-31T19:14:56+05:45","note":"Added concise reader-facing title, summary and uncertainty text; the underlying claims, audit copy, source attribution, timing and evidence limits are unchanged."}],"reading_order":2},{"id":"evt-rope-entry","sequence":3,"group_date":"2026-08-29","phase":"Entry","title":"Rescue team enters on a continuous rope","short":"Rope entry","reader":{"title":"Team reports entering with a continuous rope","summary":"A field account says rescuers entered while maintaining continuous rope protection.","limit":"The report does not identify the tunnel branch, route, distance, or time of entry. Its published version repeats the same account."},"occurred_at":{"from":null,"to":null,"precision":"sequence_only","display":"Occurrence time not stated"},"reported_at":"2026-08-29T18:35:54+05:45","reported_at_source_id":"src-onlinekhabar-2026-08-29","reported_at_basis":"Exact publication metadata from OnlineKhabar's report of the field-team account; the operation time itself is not exposed.","updated_at":"2026-08-31T19:14:56+05:45","verification":"single_source","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"A field account says rescuers entered with rope protection and maintained continuous rope contact.","meaning":"The account supports the reported entry method but does not identify the tunnel branch or a defensible map coordinate. No route or distance marker is plotted.","annotation":"Rope entry reported","facts":[["Protection","Continuous rope"],["Tunnel","6 m reported"],["Branch","Unknown"],["Reported","29 Aug · 18:35 NPT"]],"claims":[{"text":"The team entered with rope protection and maintained rope contact.","source_ids":["src-field-facebook-2026-08-29","src-onlinekhabar-2026-08-29"],"confidence":"single_origin_republished"}],"evidence":"The field account and a published report of the same team statement support the entry method. They are not independent sources. The five-image collage is shared across the sequence and does not timestamp individual actions.","photo_count":5,"photo_label":"5 source photos","photo_source_id":"src-field-facebook-2026-08-29","photo_scope":"Four direct tunnel-mouth attachments are retained from the five-image source set; none carries an exposed event time.","preview_media_ids":["media-facebook-field-preview","media-facebook-field-03"],"revisions":[{"revision":2,"at":null,"note":"Clock time removed because the source supplies sequence only.","time_status":"unknown","timestamp_correction":"Previously recorded as 2026-08-30T09:42:00+05:45, which was in the future at the launch audit. Actual edit time is not established; the original note and revision number are preserved."},{"revision":3,"at":null,"note":"Added the exact publication time of the published field report without treating it as occurrence time.","time_status":"unknown","timestamp_correction":"Previously recorded as 2026-08-30T09:42:00+05:45, which was in the future at the launch audit. Actual edit time is not established; the original note and revision number are preserved."},{"revision":4,"at":"2026-08-30T04:54:21+05:45","note":"Recorded an explicitly editorial reading order without asserting unknown event clocks. Corrected unsupported historical edit timestamps where present; original revision notes retained."},{"revision":5,"at":"2026-08-30T17:44:35+05:45","note":"Replaced partial previews with the four direct tunnel-mouth attachments from the shared source set; exact camera positions remain unresolved."},{"revision":6,"at":"2026-08-31T19:14:56+05:45","note":"Added concise reader-facing title, summary and uncertainty text; the underlying claims, audit copy, source attribution, timing and evidence limits are unchanged."}],"reading_order":4},{"id":"evt-advance-120-130","sequence":4,"group_date":"2026-08-29","phase":"Advance","title":"Field team reports a 120–130 m advance","short":"120–130 m","reader":{"title":"Accounts differ on tunnel advance","summary":"Reports now place the team's reach at about 35 m, 50 m, 90 m, 100 m, 120–130 m or 150 m. The old 120 m map marker is retained only as a muted, illustrative record of the NNMGA account.","limit":"No source reconciles the measurement origin, tunnel branch or stage. The 35 m, 50 m and 150 m reports describe entry, search reach or team reach—not surveyed chainage or a reconciled maximum advance."},"occurred_at":{"from":null,"to":null,"precision":"sequence_only","display":"Occurrence time not stated"},"reported_at":"2026-08-29T18:35:54+05:45","reported_at_source_id":"src-onlinekhabar-2026-08-29","reported_at_basis":"Exact publication metadata from OnlineKhabar's report of the field-team account; the operation time itself is not exposed.","updated_at":"2026-09-01T20:50:11+05:45","verification":"single_source","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"reported_distance_m":{"from":120,"to":130,"reference":"from tunnel entrance","precision":"approximate_range"},"summary":"The field team reported a 120–130 m advance, CHCL reported about 90 m, the chief executive described blockage near 100 m, and Nepali Army-origin briefings reported joint teams about 35 m, 50 m and 150 m inside. These accounts remain unresolved.","meaning":"The structured 120–130 m range remains the field account's claim, not a reconciled distance. The 35 m account describes entry and clearing, the official 50 m update describes search reach by 11:00, and the later official 150 m update describes a 26-person team reaching a sloping section that was completely buried or filled by 17:00. None is surveyed chainage or a reconciled maximum excavation distance. The reports may use different reference points, branches or operational stages, but the sources do not establish that. The map's approximately 120 m marker remains muted and warning-marked because it visualizes only the earlier NNMGA report along a schematic alignment.","annotation":"35/50/90/100/120–130/150 m reports conflict · old marker muted and not surveyed","facts":[["Later Army-origin report","≈35 m; clearing ahead"],["Official Army update · 1 Sep","≈50 m searched by 11:00"],["Official Army update · 1 Sep 17:00","≈150 m; sloping section buried or filled"],["Field account","120–130 m"],["Owner bulletin","≈90 m"],["CEO account","≈100 m"],["Item recovered","Camera bag reported"],["Reconciliation","Unresolved"]],"claims":[{"text":"The field team reports advancing approximately 120–130 m into the tunnel.","source_ids":["src-field-facebook-2026-08-29","src-onlinekhabar-2026-08-29"],"confidence":"single_origin_republished"},{"text":"The owner's 29 August bulletin reports that climbers could not proceed beyond about 90 m because of obstruction and mud.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-08-29"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"In OnlineKhabar's interview, Chilime's chief executive describes the climbers encountering complete blockage at approximately 100 m.","source_ids":["src-onlinekhabar-ceo-2026-08-29"],"confidence":"single_source"},{"text":"A later report explicitly attributed to the Nepali Army Directorate of Military Public Relations and Information says a joint team including foreign experts had entered approximately 35 m into the Chilime tunnel and was clearing the section ahead.","source_ids":["src-rafat-nepal-army-chilime-35m-2026-08-31"],"confidence":"single_army_origin_republished"},{"text":"The Nepali Army's official 1 September update says a joint team including foreign rescuers had entered and searched approximately 50 m inside the Chilime tunnel by the 11:00 status time.","source_ids":["src-nepali-army-facebook-multi-project-update-2026-09-01-1100"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"The Nepali Army's official 17:00 update says a 26-person joint team including foreign personnel reached approximately 150 m and found the sloping section completely buried or filled.","source_ids":["src-nepali-army-facebook-multi-project-update-2026-09-01-1700"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"Setopati's later report attributes to the Chilime project that the mountaineering team had reached around 90 m but could not proceed through mud and debris; this repeats the owner-origin account and is not independent distance corroboration.","source_ids":["src-setopati-chilime-equipment-status-2026-09-01"],"confidence":"owner_origin_republished"},{"text":"Everest Chronicle's participant-linked account reports that the guides recovered a camera bag during the accessible search; its owner and significance are not established.","source_ids":["src-everest-chronicle-2026-08-29"],"confidence":"single_source"}],"evidence":"The approximately 35 m, 50 m, 90 m, 100 m, 120–130 m and 150 m statements are retained with separate attributions. The 35 m wording says the joint team entered that far and was clearing ahead; the official 50 m update says the team searched that far by 11:00; the official 150 m update says a 26-person team reached the sloping section by the 17:00 status time and found it completely buried or filled. None says it is surveyed chainage or the maximum ever excavated. Setopati's later 90 m wording repeats the project-origin account rather than independently resolving it. No source establishes a common portal, branch, measurement origin or operational stage, and none reconciles the figures. The approximately 120 m marker therefore remains only as a muted, warning-marked illustration of the earlier NNMGA report.","photo_count":5,"photo_label":"5 source photos","photo_source_id":"src-field-facebook-2026-08-29","photo_scope":"Four direct tunnel-mouth attachments document the operation generally; they do not establish chainage.","preview_media_ids":["media-facebook-field-preview","media-facebook-field-03"],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":null,"note":"Range preserved rather than collapsed to one distance.","time_status":"unknown","timestamp_correction":"Previously recorded as 2026-08-30T09:42:00+05:45, which was in the future at the launch audit. Actual edit time is not established; the original note and revision number are preserved."},{"revision":2,"at":null,"note":"Added the exact publication time and same-origin published report.","time_status":"unknown","timestamp_correction":"Previously recorded as 2026-08-30T09:42:00+05:45, which was in the future at the launch audit. Actual edit time is not established; the original note and revision number are preserved."},{"revision":3,"at":"2026-08-30T03:07:25+05:45","note":"Qualified the field team's 120–130 m claim against the owner's 90 m and executive's approximately 100 m accounts; retained all attributions, the original publication clock and the unresolved map location."},{"revision":4,"at":"2026-08-30T04:54:21+05:45","note":"Recorded an explicitly editorial reading order without asserting unknown event clocks. Corrected unsupported historical edit timestamps where present; original revision notes retained."},{"revision":5,"at":"2026-08-30T11:39:18+05:45","note":"Merged the participant-linked camera-bag report into the existing field-search timestamp and kept its identity, significance and location limits explicit."},{"revision":6,"at":"2026-08-30T17:44:35+05:45","note":"Replaced partial previews with the four direct tunnel-mouth attachments from the shared source set; no image was treated as chainage evidence."},{"revision":7,"at":"2026-08-30T19:15:30+05:45","note":"Added an explicitly illustrative approximately 120 m blockage marker along the schematic main-access alignment. It remains attributed to NNMGA and does not reconcile the 90 m, approximately 100 m, and 120–130 m reports or establish a surveyed branch."},{"revision":8,"at":"2026-08-31T19:14:56+05:45","note":"Added concise reader-facing title, summary and uncertainty text; the underlying claims, audit copy, source attribution, timing and evidence limits are unchanged."},{"revision":9,"at":"2026-09-01T10:41:15+05:45","note":"Added the later Nepal Army-origin approximately 35 m entry-and-clearing report to the unresolved distance set; clarified that it is not a 35 m maximum-excavation claim and muted the old approximately 120 m illustrative marker with a conflict warning rather than relocating it."},{"revision":10,"at":"2026-09-01T17:45:23+05:45","note":"Added the Nepali Army's official approximately 50 m search-reach update and Setopati's later same-owner-origin approximately 90 m repetition to the unresolved distance set; preserved every earlier figure, did not infer surveyed chainage or a maximum advance, and added no map location."},{"revision":11,"at":"2026-09-01T20:50:11+05:45","note":"Added the Nepali Army's official approximately 150 m team-reach update and completely buried or filled sloping-section report to the unresolved distance set; preserved every earlier figure and left the old approximately 120 m illustrative marker muted and unsurveyed."}],"reading_order":5},{"id":"evt-mud-limit","sequence":5,"group_date":"2026-08-29","phase":"Limit of progress","title":"Chest-deep mud stops further progress","short":"Mud stops team","reader":{"title":"Mud and debris block further access","summary":"The field account says chest-deep mud stopped the team before a blocked section. NNMGA instead reported complete blockage by sludge and debris at about 120 m. A participant-linked report said no survivor was located in the area reached.","limit":"The accounts share the same operation but disagree on whether the blocked section was reached. The accessible search says nothing about conditions or people beyond it."},"occurred_at":{"from":null,"to":null,"precision":"sequence_only","display":"Occurrence time not stated"},"reported_at":"2026-08-29T18:35:54+05:45","reported_at_source_id":"src-onlinekhabar-2026-08-29","reported_at_basis":"Exact publication metadata from OnlineKhabar's report of the field-team account; the operation time itself is not exposed.","updated_at":"2026-08-31T19:14:56+05:45","verification":"single_source","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"Same-team accounts differ on the limit of progress: the field-account repost says chest-deep mud stopped the team before the completely blocked section, while NNMGA's operation update says sludge and debris completely blocked further access at approximately 120 m. A participant-linked report says no survivor was located within the section the guides could access.","meaning":"The accessible search result does not establish conditions or employee status beyond the blockage. The deposit is described qualitatively; no deposit shape, depth profile, or blockage volume is plotted because its position and geometry are unresolved.","annotation":"Deepest reported advance · chest-deep mud","facts":[["Field advance","120–130 m reported"],["Mud","Chest-deep"],["Blocked section","At ~120 m (NNMGA); not reached (field repost)"],["Accessible section","No survivor located in report"],["Exact position","Unresolved"]],"claims":[{"text":"Mud reached the rescuers’ chests and stopped further progress.","source_ids":["src-field-facebook-2026-08-29","src-onlinekhabar-2026-08-29"],"confidence":"single_origin_republished"},{"text":"The completely blocked section was not reached.","source_ids":["src-field-facebook-2026-08-29","src-onlinekhabar-2026-08-29"],"confidence":"single_origin_republished"},{"text":"NNMGA's operation update reports that at approximately 120 m, a large accumulation of thick mud, sludge and debris completely blocked further access.","source_ids":["src-nnmga-facebook-2026-08-29"],"confidence":"single_field_origin"},{"text":"Everest Chronicle's participant-linked account reports that the guides found no survivor within the section they could access; it does not establish conditions beyond the blockage.","source_ids":["src-everest-chronicle-2026-08-29"],"confidence":"sensitive_single_source"}],"evidence":"NNMGA's direct rescue-association update and the field-account repost have the same operational origin but differ on whether the completely blocked section was reached. The NNMGA image visibly shows sludge across the passage, yet it contains no exposed chainage or surveyed position and cannot independently resolve the reported depth or tunnel branch. The 120–130 m field advance also differs from the owner's about 90 m and the executive's approximately 100 m accounts, recorded with citations in the advance entry. The participant-linked accessible-search result must not be generalized beyond the blockage.","photo_count":5,"photo_label":"5 source photos","photo_source_id":"src-field-facebook-2026-08-29","photo_scope":"Four direct tunnel-mouth attachments show muddy sediment, but image content alone does not establish depth or location.","preview_media_ids":["media-nnmga-blockage-2026-08-29","media-facebook-field-preview","media-facebook-field-03"],"additional_photo_sets":[{"photo_count":1,"photo_label":"1 NNMGA blockage photo","photo_source_id":"src-nnmga-facebook-2026-08-29","photo_scope":"One direct NNMGA attachment shows sludge spanning the tunnel passage. The post reports approximately 120 m, but the image itself has no exposed chainage or surveyed location."}],"revisions":[{"revision":2,"at":null,"note":"Blockage location kept explicitly unresolved.","time_status":"unknown","timestamp_correction":"Previously recorded as 2026-08-30T09:42:00+05:45, which was in the future at the launch audit. Actual edit time is not established; the original note and revision number are preserved."},{"revision":3,"at":null,"note":"Added the exact publication time and same-origin published report.","time_status":"unknown","timestamp_correction":"Previously recorded as 2026-08-30T09:42:00+05:45, which was in the future at the launch audit. Actual edit time is not established; the original note and revision number are preserved."},{"revision":4,"at":"2026-08-30T03:07:25+05:45","note":"Replaced the unqualified deepest-point label with the attributed field range and linked the unresolved distance accounts in the advance entry."},{"revision":5,"at":"2026-08-30T04:54:21+05:45","note":"Recorded an explicitly editorial reading order without asserting unknown event clocks. Corrected unsupported historical edit timestamps where present; original revision notes retained."},{"revision":6,"at":"2026-08-30T11:39:18+05:45","note":"Merged the participant-linked accessible-search result into the existing field-search timestamp and limited it explicitly to the section the guides could reach."},{"revision":7,"at":"2026-08-30T17:44:35+05:45","note":"Replaced partial previews with the four direct tunnel-mouth attachments; visible sediment was not converted into a depth or location claim."},{"revision":8,"at":"2026-08-30T19:03:21+05:45","note":"Added NNMGA's direct blockage photograph and preserved the same-origin account conflict: the post reports blockage at approximately 120 m, while the earlier repost says the blocked section was not reached. The image is not treated as surveyed chainage evidence."},{"revision":9,"at":"2026-08-30T19:15:30+05:45","note":"Separated the blockage photograph from the tunnel-mouth set and added an illustrative marker at the source-reported approximately 120 m depth along the schematic main-access alignment. The marker remains explicitly non-surveyed and does not resolve the tunnel branch or conflicting distance accounts."},{"revision":10,"at":"2026-08-31T19:14:56+05:45","note":"Added concise reader-facing title, summary and uncertainty text; the underlying claims, audit copy, source attribution, timing and evidence limits are unchanged."}],"reading_order":6},{"id":"evt-pump-plan","sequence":6,"group_date":"2026-08-29","phase":"Next intervention","title":"Excavation and pumping intervention is proposed","short":"Clearance plan","reader":{"title":"Excavation and pumping are proposed","summary":"Field-linked accounts said excavation machinery and suitable pumps were needed because the blockage could not be cleared by hand.","limit":"This was a proposed intervention. The sources do not confirm equipment delivery, pumping, excavation, or reopened access."},"occurred_at":{"from":null,"to":null,"precision":"sequence_only","display":"Occurrence time not stated"},"reported_at":"2026-08-29T18:35:54+05:45","reported_at_source_id":"src-onlinekhabar-2026-08-29","reported_at_basis":"Exact publication metadata from OnlineKhabar's report of the field-team account; the operation time itself is not exposed.","updated_at":"2026-08-31T19:14:56+05:45","verification":"planned","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"The field account proposed a hose and pump or motor system. A participant-linked assessment says excavation machinery and suitable pumping equipment were needed because human effort alone could not clear the blockage.","meaning":"The 3D site model remains contextual because the source describes a plan, not a confirmed advance, mapped work area, or completed intervention.","annotation":"Pumping proposed · outcome not in source","facts":[["Equipment","Excavator + pumping system"],["Objective","Remove sludge"],["Manual clearance","Reported insufficient"],["New advance","Not reported"],["Outcome","Unknown"]],"claims":[{"text":"The team’s next plan was to bring a hose and use a pump or motor system.","source_ids":["src-field-facebook-2026-08-29","src-onlinekhabar-2026-08-29"],"confidence":"planned_single_origin_republished"},{"text":"Everest Chronicle's participant-linked report says human effort alone could not clear the blockage and that excavation and pumping equipment would be needed before a deeper search.","source_ids":["src-everest-chronicle-2026-08-29"],"confidence":"planned_single_source"},{"text":"The same report says the mountain-guide team returned to Kathmandu after the assessment and remained available for redeployment.","source_ids":["src-everest-chronicle-2026-08-29"],"confidence":"single_source"}],"evidence":"The sources describe an assessment and intended intervention only. They share the field team's origin and do not independently confirm equipment delivery, excavation, pumping, a deeper advance, or reopened access.","photo_count":5,"photo_label":"5 source photos","photo_source_id":"src-field-facebook-2026-08-29","photo_scope":"Four direct tunnel-mouth attachments are retained; none shows a confirmed pumping outcome.","preview_media_ids":["media-facebook-field-preview","media-facebook-field-03"],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":null,"note":"Future plan separated from confirmed actions.","time_status":"unknown","timestamp_correction":"Previously recorded as 2026-08-30T09:42:00+05:45, which was in the future at the launch audit. Actual edit time is not established; the original note and revision number are preserved."},{"revision":2,"at":null,"note":"Added the exact publication time and same-origin published report.","time_status":"unknown","timestamp_correction":"Previously recorded as 2026-08-30T09:42:00+05:45, which was in the future at the launch audit. Actual edit time is not established; the original note and revision number are preserved."},{"revision":3,"at":"2026-08-30T04:54:21+05:45","note":"Recorded an explicitly editorial reading order without asserting unknown event clocks. Corrected unsupported historical edit timestamps where present; original revision notes retained."},{"revision":4,"at":"2026-08-30T11:39:18+05:45","note":"Merged the participant-linked excavation requirement and team-return report into the existing field-search timestamp; no intervention outcome was inferred."},{"revision":5,"at":"2026-08-30T17:44:35+05:45","note":"Replaced partial previews with the four direct tunnel-mouth attachments; the images were not treated as evidence that pumping occurred."},{"revision":6,"at":"2026-08-31T19:14:56+05:45","note":"Added concise reader-facing title, summary and uncertainty text; the underlying claims, audit copy, source attribution, timing and evidence limits are unchanged."}],"reading_order":7},{"id":"evt-outside-recovery","sequence":7,"group_date":"2026-08-29","phase":"Separate finding","title":"One person is found outside the tunnel","short":"Outside tunnel","reader":{"title":"One deceased person reported found outside","summary":"A field account reported that a deceased woman, described as not a Chilime employee, was found outside the tunnel and transported by the Nepal Army.","limit":"This is a sensitive, unverified account. The image does not establish the person's identity or the contents of the wrapped load."},"occurred_at":{"from":null,"to":null,"precision":"sequence_only","display":"Occurrence time not stated"},"reported_at":"2026-08-29T18:35:54+05:45","reported_at_source_id":"src-onlinekhabar-2026-08-29","reported_at_basis":"Exact publication metadata from OnlineKhabar's report of the field-team account; the operation time itself is not exposed.","updated_at":"2026-08-31T19:14:56+05:45","verification":"sensitive_single_source","view":"site","chainage":null,"summary":"The field account reports that one deceased woman, described as not being a Chilime employee, was found outside and transported by the Nepal Army.","meaning":"This event remains outside the underground corridor and must not be interpreted as a location for anyone reported trapped inside.","annotation":"Separate recovery reported outside the tunnel","facts":[["Location","Outside tunnel"],["People found","1 reported"],["Transport","Nepal Army"],["Inside location","Not applicable"]],"claims":[{"text":"One deceased person was found outside the tunnel and transported by the Nepal Army.","source_ids":["src-field-facebook-2026-08-29","src-onlinekhabar-2026-08-29"],"confidence":"single_origin_republished"},{"text":"The person was reported to be a woman and not Chilime staff.","source_ids":["src-field-facebook-2026-08-29"],"confidence":"single_source"}],"evidence":"This is a sensitive, unverified report. No person or body is represented inside the 3D model, and the image observation does not independently establish identity or contents.","photo_count":1,"photo_label":"1 source image","photo_source_id":"src-field-facebook-2026-08-29","photo_scope":"One image in the shared collage appears to show a white-wrapped load; the image alone does not establish its contents or identity.","preview_media_ids":["media-facebook-field-04"],"revisions":[{"revision":2,"at":null,"note":"Sensitive claim kept outside the tunnel model and qualified as single-source.","time_status":"unknown","timestamp_correction":"Previously recorded as 2026-08-30T09:42:00+05:45, which was in the future at the launch audit. Actual edit time is not established; the original note and revision number are preserved."},{"revision":3,"at":null,"note":"Added the exact publication time and same-origin published report; identity detail remains Facebook-only.","time_status":"unknown","timestamp_correction":"Previously recorded as 2026-08-30T09:42:00+05:45, which was in the future at the launch audit. Actual edit time is not established; the original note and revision number are preserved."},{"revision":4,"at":"2026-08-30T04:54:21+05:45","note":"Recorded an explicitly editorial reading order without asserting unknown event clocks. Corrected unsupported historical edit timestamps where present; original revision notes retained."},{"revision":5,"at":"2026-08-30T17:44:35+05:45","note":"Linked the one direct exterior attachment to this event while keeping its contents, identity and exact camera position unresolved."},{"revision":6,"at":"2026-08-31T19:14:56+05:45","note":"Added concise reader-facing title, summary and uncertainty text; the underlying claims, audit copy, source attribution, timing and evidence limits are unchanged."}],"reading_order":8},{"id":"evt-indian-reconnaissance","sequence":8,"group_date":"2026-08-29","phase":"Reconnaissance","title":"Indian rescue team surveys Chilime","short":"Morning survey","reader":{"title":"Indian rescue team reports reconnaissance","summary":"CHCL reported that an Indian rescue team surveyed the site on the morning of 29 August before climbers were flown in.","limit":"The notice does not say the Indian team entered a tunnel or give the survey route, time, or exact location."},"occurred_at":{"from":"2026-08-29","to":null,"precision":"date_only","daypart":"morning","display":"29 Aug · morning (exact time not stated)"},"reported_at":"2026-08-29","reported_at_source_id":"src-official-2026-08-29","reported_at_basis":"The owner bulletin is dated 29 August and describes reconnaissance that morning. No publication clock time is exposed.","updated_at":"2026-08-31T19:14:56+05:45","verification":"official","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"Chilime's owner reports that an Indian rescue team conducted a reconnaissance survey that morning, before climbers were sent by Simrik Air helicopter.","meaning":"The survey is a reported assessment, not evidence that the Indian team entered the tunnel or reached employees. Its exact route and time are not stated.","annotation":"Morning reconnaissance reported · survey route unknown","facts":[["Team","Indian rescue team"],["When","29 Aug · morning"],["Clock time","Not stated"],["Tunnel entry","Not established"]],"claims":[{"text":"The owner reports an Indian rescue team's reconnaissance survey on the morning of 29 August.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-08-29"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"The bulletin places the Simrik Air dispatch of climbers after the reconnaissance survey.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-08-29"],"confidence":"official"}],"evidence":"The first two points of the dated owner bulletin establish morning reconnaissance followed by the climbers' dispatch. They provide no exact time, survey route, or Indian-team underground position.","photo_count":0,"photo_label":"0 photos","photo_scope":"The archived bulletin contains a collage, but its photographs are not assigned to the reconnaissance event.","revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-08-30T03:07:25+05:45","note":"Added owner-reported morning reconnaissance without inventing a clock time or underground location."},{"revision":2,"at":"2026-08-30T04:54:21+05:45","note":"Recorded an explicitly editorial reading order without asserting unknown event clocks. Corrected unsupported historical edit timestamps where present; original revision notes retained."},{"revision":3,"at":"2026-08-30T13:23:21+05:45","note":"Made the owner bulletin's existing ‘morning’ occurrence description machine-readable for display; no clock range or exact operation time was inferred."},{"revision":4,"at":"2026-08-31T19:14:56+05:45","note":"Added concise reader-facing title, summary and uncertainty text; the underlying claims, audit copy, source attribution, timing and evidence limits are unchanged."}],"reading_order":3},{"id":"evt-mi17-equipment-request","sequence":9,"group_date":"2026-08-29","phase":"Equipment transport request","title":"Chilime requests Army Mi-17 equipment transport","short":"Mi-17 request","reader":{"title":"CHCL requests Mi-17 equipment transport","summary":"CHCL requested Army Mi-17 transport for pumps, a generator, and obstruction-removal equipment. Bimal Khadka separately requested airlift of excavators staged at Trishuli.","limit":"The sources do not confirm that any requested equipment reached or was used at Chilime."},"occurred_at":{"from":null,"to":null,"precision":"sequence_only","display":"Request reported 29 Aug · occurrence time not stated"},"reported_at":"2026-08-29","reported_at_source_id":"src-official-2026-08-29","reported_at_basis":"Date printed on the owner bulletin. Neither the request's occurrence time nor a publication clock time is exposed.","updated_at":"2026-09-01T17:45:23+05:45","verification":"planned","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"Chilime requested Nepal Army Mi-17 transport for sludge-removal pumps, a generator and other obstruction-removal equipment. A public Bimal Khadka post separately said excavators had already reached Trishuli and urgently required Mi-17 airlift to the Chilime powerhouse portal.","meaning":"The sources confirm staging at Trishuli and a transport request only. They do not confirm that an excavator or the other equipment was airlifted to Chilime, used at the portal, or reopened access.","annotation":"Equipment transport requested · delivery not confirmed","facts":[["Transport","Army Mi-17 requested"],["Equipment","Pumps + generator"],["Excavators","Reported staged at Trishuli"],["Delivery to Chilime","Not confirmed"],["Pumping","Not confirmed"]],"claims":[{"text":"The owner requested Nepal Army Mi-17 transport for sludge-removal pumps, a generator and obstruction-removal equipment.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-08-29"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"The bulletin says transport by other helicopters was not possible for the required equipment.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-08-29"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"Bimal Khadka separately reported that excavators had reached Trishuli the previous day and that Army Mi-17 airlift to the Chilime powerhouse portal was still urgently required.","source_ids":["src-bimal-facebook-excavator-request-2026-08-29-30"],"confidence":"corroborating_single_source"},{"text":"CHCL's 30 August notice again placed rescue equipment only as far as Trishuli by road and did not report onward airlift or use at Chilime.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-08-30"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"Setopati's 1 September report quotes Chilime's managing director saying the entrance area was too narrow to take the required equipment inside and that the project had requested Nepal Army Mi-17 transport for pumps, a generator and obstruction-removal equipment.","source_ids":["src-setopati-chilime-equipment-status-2026-09-01"],"confidence":"named_operator_single_source"}],"evidence":"The 29 August owner bulletin records the Mi-17 request and transport constraint. Bimal Khadka's public post repeats the same excavator-staging and airlift need, while the 30 August owner notice still places rescue equipment only at Trishuli. Setopati's 1 September named-operator report repeats the narrow-access constraint and Mi-17 request but does not report delivery or use. The shared-post attachment shows a mud-obstructed rock opening in the powerhouse-portal context but does not establish equipment delivery or intervention progress; Setopati's uncaptioned editorial collage is excluded because its capture time, photographer and exact Chilime location are not exposed.","photo_count":1,"photo_label":"1 corroborating source photo","photo_source_id":"src-bimal-facebook-excavator-request-2026-08-29-30","photo_scope":"One direct shared-post attachment shows a mud-obstructed rock opening in the reported Chilime powerhouse-portal context. It exposes no camera time, surveyed chainage, exact branch tie or camera position and does not show an excavator at Chilime.","preview_media_ids":["media-bimal-excavator-portal-2026-08-29-30"],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-08-30T03:07:25+05:45","note":"Added the approved transport request as planned action, without implying delivery, pumping or rescue success."},{"revision":2,"at":"2026-08-30T04:54:21+05:45","note":"Recorded an explicitly editorial reading order without asserting unknown event clocks. Corrected unsupported historical edit timestamps where present; original revision notes retained."},{"revision":3,"at":"2026-08-31T08:58:49+05:45","note":"Merged Bimal Khadka's corroborating excavator-airlift request and the 30 August owner restatement of Trishuli staging into the existing request event; archived the portal-context attachment without inferring onward delivery, equipment use or surveyed placement."},{"revision":4,"at":"2026-08-31T19:14:56+05:45","note":"Added concise reader-facing title, summary and uncertainty text; the underlying claims, audit copy, source attribution, timing and evidence limits are unchanged."},{"revision":5,"at":"2026-09-01T17:45:23+05:45","note":"Added Setopati's later named-operator corroboration of the narrow-access equipment constraint and outstanding Mi-17 request; did not infer delivery, equipment use, pumping or deeper access, and excluded the uncaptioned editorial collage from the Chilime media collection."}],"reading_order":9},{"id":"evt-ceo-rescue-status","sequence":10,"group_date":"2026-08-29","phase":"Rescue status report","title":"Chief executive reports employees remain unreached","short":"CEO status update","reader":{"title":"Chief executive says employees remain unreached","summary":"Chilime's chief executive told OnlineKhabar that six employees had not been rescued, specialist equipment was needed, and Indian-team deployment was being sought for 30 August.","limit":"This is an attributed 29 August status, not a current outcome. It conflicts with CHCL's separate five-trapped-plus-one-missing roster."},"occurred_at":{"from":null,"to":null,"precision":"sequence_only","display":"Status reported 29 Aug · occurrence time not stated"},"reported_at":"2026-08-29T21:11:57+05:45","reported_at_source_id":"src-onlinekhabar-ceo-2026-08-29","reported_at_basis":"OnlineKhabar's WordPress REST record exposes the post publication fields as 2026-08-29T21:11:57 local and 2026-08-29T15:26:57Z, which agree at Nepal's +05:45 offset. The article header's differing 22:20 clock remains recorded as an unresolved later display and is not used as publication time.","updated_at":"2026-08-31T19:14:56+05:45","verification":"single_source","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"In OnlineKhabar's 29 August report, Chilime's chief executive said the six employees described as trapped had not been rescued, specialist equipment was needed, and Indian-team deployment the following day was being sought.","meaning":"This is an attributed status report at publication, not a current outcome. The proposed 30 August deployment is not confirmed by this report, and the employees' exact locations remain unknown.","annotation":"Employees unreached in CEO report · further deployment sought","facts":[["People","6 reported trapped"],["Rescue","Not completed in report"],["Equipment","Specialist capability needed"],["30 Aug deployment","Sought, not confirmed"]],"claims":[{"text":"Chilime's chief executive told OnlineKhabar that the six employees described as trapped had not been rescued after the climbers' attempt.","source_ids":["src-onlinekhabar-ceo-2026-08-29"],"confidence":"single_source"},{"text":"The executive said a specialist team with equipment was needed to clear the obstruction.","source_ids":["src-onlinekhabar-ceo-2026-08-29"],"confidence":"single_source"},{"text":"The executive said efforts were being made to deploy the Indian team the following day, 30 August; deployment was not reported as completed.","source_ids":["src-onlinekhabar-ceo-2026-08-29"],"confidence":"planned_single_source"}],"evidence":"Only the Chilime-specific interview statements are used. Broader missing-person counts and neighbouring projects' operations are excluded; the existing six-person report is not replaced. The executive's distance statement is attributed separately in the advance entry. The owner staff list separately categorizes five trapped inside the powerhouse and one local staff missing; this remains unresolved against the CEO's six-person description.","photo_count":0,"photo_label":"0 photos","photo_scope":"No article photograph is assigned to the Chilime status report.","revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-08-30T03:07:25+05:45","note":"Added the approved CEO status report with date-only publication, six-person scope and proposed next-day deployment kept distinct from completed action."},{"revision":2,"at":"2026-08-30T04:54:21+05:45","note":"Recorded an explicitly editorial reading order without asserting unknown event clocks. Corrected unsupported historical edit timestamps where present; original revision notes retained."},{"revision":3,"at":"2026-08-30T13:23:21+05:45","note":"Resolved the article's publication time to 21:11:57 NPT from the publisher's WordPress REST date and date_gmt fields; retained the visible 22:20 header clock as a separate unresolved display and did not treat publication time as the underlying status time."},{"revision":4,"at":"2026-08-31T19:14:56+05:45","note":"Added concise reader-facing title, summary and uncertainty text; the underlying claims, audit copy, source attribution, timing and evidence limits are unchanged."}],"reading_order":10},{"id":"evt-equipped-indian-team-plan","sequence":11,"group_date":"2026-08-30","phase":"Planned specialist deployment","title":"Equipment-equipped Indian team is reported planned for Chilime","short":"Equipped team planned","reader":{"title":"Equipment-equipped Indian team expected","summary":"Naya Patrika reported that the 11-member Indian team returned after reconnaissance and that another equipment-equipped Indian team was expected at Chilime and Langtang.","limit":"This was a plan, not confirmation of arrival, equipment, tunnel entry, or rescue progress at Chilime."},"occurred_at":{"from":null,"to":null,"precision":"sequence_only","display":"Plan reported 30 Aug · deployment not confirmed"},"reported_at":"2026-08-30T05:56:00+05:45","reported_at_source_id":"src-nayapatrika-2026-08-30","reported_at_basis":"The Nepal publisher displays a 30 August publication time of 05:56, recorded as NPT. The article describes a future Sunday deployment; publication time is not deployment time.","updated_at":"2026-08-31T19:14:56+05:45","verification":"planned","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"Naya Patrika reports that the 11-member Indian expert team returned after its 29 August reconnaissance and, citing an Indian embassy source, that an equipment-equipped Indian team was expected to deploy to Chilime and Langtang on Sunday.","meaning":"This is a reported plan, not confirmation that the team or equipment reached Chilime. Langtang is retained only as part of the source's scope and is not represented in this station rescue log.","annotation":"Equipped Indian deployment reported planned · arrival not confirmed","facts":[["Prior team","Reconnaissance completed"],["Next team","Equipment-equipped"],["Target","Chilime + Langtang reported"],["Deployment","Planned, not confirmed"]],"claims":[{"text":"Naya Patrika reports that the 11-member Indian expert team completed reconnaissance and returned from Rasuwa on 29 August.","source_ids":["src-nayapatrika-2026-08-30"],"confidence":"single_source"},{"text":"Citing an Indian embassy source, Naya Patrika reports that an equipment-equipped Indian team was expected to deploy to Chilime and Langtang on Sunday; the report does not confirm that deployment occurred.","source_ids":["src-nayapatrika-2026-08-30"],"confidence":"planned_single_source"}],"evidence":"The report attributes the completed reconnaissance and future equipment deployment to separate security and embassy sources. It does not identify the equipment, establish arrival at Chilime, or report tunnel entry, excavation, pumping, a deeper advance, contact or rescue.","photo_count":0,"photo_label":"0 photos","photo_scope":"No article photograph is assigned to a confirmed Chilime deployment.","revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-08-30T11:39:18+05:45","note":"Added the timestamped Chilime-specific deployment plan as planned action; the earlier reconnaissance, future deployment and operations at other projects remain separated."},{"revision":2,"at":"2026-08-31T19:14:56+05:45","note":"Added concise reader-facing title, summary and uncertainty text; the underlying claims, audit copy, source attribution, timing and evidence limits are unchanged."}],"reading_order":11},{"id":"evt-water-reduction-obstruction-attempt-report","sequence":12,"group_date":"2026-08-30","phase":"Water and obstruction attempt report","title":"Bimal Khadka reports water-reduction and obstruction work being attempted","short":"Water and obstruction attempt","reader":{"title":"Water reduction and obstruction work reported underway","summary":"Bimal Khadka said the team was trying to lower the water level and break the obstruction before choosing the quickest next option.","limit":"The reply does not identify the method, equipment, location, start time, progress, or result."},"occurred_at":{"from":null,"to":null,"precision":"sequence_only","display":"Attempt reported 30 Aug · occurrence time not stated"},"reported_at":"2026-08-30","reported_at_source_id":"src-bimal-facebook-water-obstruction-reply-2026-08-30","reported_at_basis":"Facebook displayed the reply as 9 hours old at 16:11:28 NPT, implying an approximate 06:11:28–07:11:28 NPT publication window. Because that is an inferred coarse relative-age window rather than an exact clock timestamp, the event retains a date-only report time and must not merge with an exact-time entry.","updated_at":"2026-08-31T19:14:56+05:45","verification":"single_source","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"In a public author reply, Bimal Khadka said the team was trying first to reduce the water level and break the obstruction before applying the quickest possible option.","meaning":"This is a single-origin attempt report, not evidence of completed dewatering or obstruction removal. The reply does not identify the method, equipment, location, start time, progress or result.","annotation":"Water reduction and obstruction work reported attempted · outcome unknown","facts":[["Water level","Reduction reported being attempted"],["Obstruction","Breaking reported being attempted"],["Method or equipment","Not stated"],["Progress or outcome","Not established"]],"claims":[{"text":"Bimal Khadka said the team was trying first to reduce the water level and break the obstruction before applying the quickest possible option.","source_ids":["src-bimal-facebook-water-obstruction-reply-2026-08-30"],"confidence":"single_source"},{"text":"CHCL's 29 August owner bulletin identifies Bimal Khadka as the deputy manager and incident contact person, supporting the profile attribution but not independently corroborating the attempt claim.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-08-29"],"confidence":"official_provenance_only"}],"evidence":"The direct Facebook reply permalink and exact visible reply text were captured from Bimal Khadka's public profile. The present-progressive wording supports only an attributed attempt/status report. It does not establish equipment delivery or use, actual pumping, a lower water level, a broken obstruction, access beyond the blockage, contact with employees or a rescue outcome.","photo_count":0,"photo_label":"0 photos","photo_scope":"No media is attached to the author reply as evidence for this timeline record.","revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-08-30T16:16:39+05:45","note":"Added Bimal Khadka's water-reduction and obstruction-work reply as a single-source, date-only attempt report; preserved its coarse relative publication window and did not infer progress or success."},{"revision":2,"at":"2026-08-31T19:14:56+05:45","note":"Added concise reader-facing title, summary and uncertainty text; the underlying claims, audit copy, source attribution, timing and evidence limits are unchanged."}],"reading_order":12},{"id":"evt-rescue-team-mobilisation-report","sequence":13,"group_date":"2026-08-30","phase":"Rescue-team mobilisation report","title":"Bimal Khadka reports rescue teams mobilised","short":"Teams mobilised","reader":{"title":"Rescue teams reported at the site","summary":"Bimal Khadka reported a mountaineering team with equipment at ‘the spot’ and an Indian team already present. CHCL later confirmed Nepal Army personnel, Indian rescuers, and company-sent climbers travelled to Chilime by helicopter.","limit":"CHCL confirms travel, not the equipment claim, exact arrival time, tunnel entry, or operational progress."},"occurred_at":{"from":null,"to":null,"precision":"sequence_only","display":"Mobilisation reported 30 Aug · occurrence time not stated"},"reported_at":"2026-08-30","reported_at_source_id":"src-bimal-facebook-2026-08-30","reported_at_basis":"Facebook displayed the post as 43 minutes old at 13:04:08 NPT, implying an approximate 12:20:08–12:21:08 NPT publication window. Because that is an inferred relative-age window rather than an exact clock timestamp, the event retains a date-only report time and must not merge with an exact-time entry.","updated_at":"2026-08-31T19:14:56+05:45","verification":"official_corroborated","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"Bimal Khadka reported that a mountaineering rescue team with equipment had been mobilised to ‘the spot’ and that an Indian rescue team was already there. CHCL's 30 August notice later confirmed that Nepal Army personnel, an Indian rescue team and company-sent climbers travelled to the site by helicopter.","meaning":"The owner notice corroborates team travel to the Chilime site, but not Bimal Khadka's separate equipment claim, an exact arrival time, tunnel entry or operational progress.","annotation":"Team travel officially corroborated · tunnel operation not established","facts":[["Mountaineering team","Reported mobilised with equipment"],["Indian team","Reported already at ‘the spot’"],["Owner confirmation","Teams travelled to site by helicopter"],["Exact arrival time","Not stated"],["Tunnel operation","Not established"]],"claims":[{"text":"Bimal Khadka reported that a mountaineering rescue team with equipment had been mobilised to ‘the spot’ and that an Indian rescue team was already there.","source_ids":["src-bimal-facebook-2026-08-30"],"confidence":"single_source"},{"text":"CHCL's 29 August owner bulletin identifies Bimal Khadka as the deputy manager and incident contact person, supporting the profile attribution but not independently corroborating the mobilisation claim.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-08-29"],"confidence":"official_provenance_only"},{"text":"CHCL's 30 August owner notice confirms that Nepal Army personnel, an Indian rescue team and company-sent climbers travelled by helicopter to the site; it does not confirm what equipment accompanied them or an operation inside the tunnel.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-08-30"],"confidence":"official"}],"evidence":"The direct Facebook permalink, visible caption and full attachment viewer were inspected from Bimal Khadka's public profile. CHCL's dated 30 August notice independently confirms that the named categories of rescue personnel travelled to the site by helicopter, but does not confirm Bimal Khadka's equipment wording. The seven still photographs span apparent off-site equipment packing, personnel or transit context, and a helicopter on mud-covered mountain ground; none exposes a reliable capture time or surveyed location. Neither source establishes tunnel entry, equipment use, pumping, excavation, deeper advance, contact or rescue. The inferred Facebook publication window remains separate from the date-only owner notice.","photo_count":7,"photo_label":"7 source photos","photo_source_id":"src-bimal-facebook-2026-08-30","photo_scope":"Seven direct still attachments are retained from the nine-item post; the two video attachments are not counted as photos. The images do not expose reliable capture times or exact locations and do not independently establish arrival or equipment use at Chilime.","preview_media_ids":["media-facebook-mobilisation-01","media-facebook-mobilisation-07"],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-08-30T13:09:45+05:45","note":"Added Bimal Khadka's later mobilisation report as a single-source, date-only entry; preserved the relative publication window and did not treat it as confirmation of the planned equipped-team deployment or an operational tunnel milestone."},{"revision":2,"at":"2026-08-30T16:16:39+05:45","note":"Shifted only the editorial sequence and reading order to place the newly archived earlier-morning author reply before this mobilisation report; the event claims and time basis are unchanged."},{"revision":3,"at":"2026-08-30T18:29:01+05:45","note":"Archived the post's seven still photographs, corrected the attachment inventory to seven photos plus two videos, and added an unresolved station-area event-context marker without assigning exact camera locations or treating the media as proof of equipment arrival or use."},{"revision":4,"at":"2026-08-30T18:42:10+05:45","note":"Removed six off-site equipment-preparation and transit photographs from the 3D map pin while retaining all seven stills in the mobilisation log; the map pin now contains only the helicopter arrival-context image and remains location-unresolved."},{"revision":5,"at":"2026-08-31T08:58:49+05:45","note":"Added CHCL's 30 August owner confirmation that Nepal Army personnel, an Indian rescue team and company-sent climbers travelled to the site by helicopter; retained unresolved equipment, timing, location and tunnel-operation limits."},{"revision":6,"at":"2026-08-31T19:14:56+05:45","note":"Added concise reader-facing title, summary and uncertainty text; the underlying claims, audit copy, source attribution, timing and evidence limits are unchanged."}],"reading_order":13},{"id":"evt-indian-team-chilime-deployment-report","sequence":14,"group_date":"2026-08-30","phase":"Indian rescue-team deployment and joint-operation reports","title":"Indian tunnel-rescue team is officially reported working with Nepal Army at Chilime","short":"Indian–Nepal Army operations","reader":{"title":"Indian and Nepal Army teams reported working together","summary":"Site-specific reports established the deployment context, and CHCL's 31 August bulletin confirmed that the Nepal Army, Indian team and company-sent climbers reached the site and started work.","limit":"CHCL gives no operation clock, exact site action, tunnel depth, contact, or outcome; the Ambassador's separate report combines Chilime and Langtang."},"occurred_at":{"from":"2026-08-30","to":null,"precision":"date_only","display":"30 Aug · exact deployment time not stated"},"reported_at":"2026-08-30T15:12:00+05:45","reported_at_source_id":"src-setopati-indian-team-2026-08-30","reported_at_basis":"Setopati displays a publication time of 15:12 NPT on 30 August, to minute precision. This is the newsroom report clock, not the team's arrival or deployment time.","updated_at":"2026-08-31T20:59:53+05:45","verification":"official_corroborated","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"After site-specific deployment reports and official confirmation of joint work in the combined Chilime and Langtang area, CHCL's 31 August bulletin confirmed that Nepal Army personnel, the Indian rescue team and company-sent rock climbers had reached the site by helicopter and started work.","meaning":"The owner bulletin confirms that work started at the site, but does not give an operation clock, identify a specific tunnel action, depth or team assignment, or establish contact with employees or a rescue outcome.","annotation":"Joint team reached site and work started · action, depth and outcome unresolved","facts":[["Indian rescue team","Reported deployed at Chilime"],["Nepal Army team","Reported deployed alongside"],["Official joint operations","Reported at Chilime/Langtang sites"],["Site work","CHCL reports it started"],["Chilime-specific action","Not separated"],["Depth or outcome","Not established"]],"claims":[{"text":"Setopati quoted Nepal Army spokesperson Rajaram Basnet saying that an Indian rescue team and a Nepal Army team were deployed at Chilime on 30 August.","source_ids":["src-setopati-indian-team-2026-08-30"],"confidence":"single_source"},{"text":"OnlineKhabar later reported that an Indian technical/tunnel-rescue team had reached Chilime and was deployed there; the apparent government/security origin means this is not independent corroboration.","source_ids":["src-onlinekhabar-indian-team-2026-08-30"],"confidence":"single_origin_republished"},{"text":"CHCL's 30 August owner notice confirms that Nepal Army personnel and an Indian rescue team travelled by helicopter to the site.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-08-30"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"India's Ambassador to Nepal officially reported that the specialised Indian tunnel search-and-rescue team worked with the Nepali Army at hydropower tunnel sites in the Chilime and Langtang area on 30 August and would continue coordinated operations.","source_ids":["src-indian-ambassador-joint-operations-2026-08-30"],"confidence":"official_multi_site"},{"text":"CHCL's 31 August owner notice confirms that Nepal Army personnel, the Indian rescue team and company-sent rock climbers reached the site by helicopter and that work was started.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-08-31"],"confidence":"official"}],"evidence":"The Setopati report names the Nepal Army spokesperson; OnlineKhabar gives a later site-specific arrival/deployment report but appears to rely on the same briefing chain. CHCL's 30 August notice independently confirms helicopter travel to the site, and its 31 August notice confirms that Nepal Army personnel, the Indian team and company-sent climbers reached the site and started work. The Indian Ambassador's exact-time official post adds joint work at the combined Chilime and Langtang hydropower tunnel sites, but its four attachments do not identify a Chilime-specific action. None of the sources establishes an operation clock, precise tunnel action, new depth, contact with employees or rescue outcome. Conflicting secondary headcounts and multi-site totals remain excluded.","photo_count":0,"photo_label":"0 photos","photo_scope":"The Ambassador's post contains two photographs and two videos, but all are attached to a combined Chilime-and-Langtang report without identifying which site is shown; none is assigned to the Chilime gallery or map.","revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-08-30T16:16:39+05:45","note":"Added the site-specific Indian-team deployment report from two apparently same-origin newsroom accounts; kept the occurrence date-only and excluded unresolved headcounts, multi-site totals and unreported operational milestones."},{"revision":2,"at":"2026-08-31T08:58:49+05:45","note":"Added CHCL's 30 August owner notice as primary corroboration of Nepal Army and Indian-team helicopter travel to the site, without inferring tunnel entry, equipment use or operational progress."},{"revision":3,"at":"2026-08-31T17:02:00+05:45","note":"Added the Indian Ambassador's exact-time official report of joint Indian and Nepal Army search-and-rescue work at the combined Chilime and Langtang tunnel sites; retained unresolved Chilime-specific actions and excluded the post's unlocated multi-site media from the Chilime gallery and map."},{"revision":4,"at":"2026-08-31T19:14:56+05:45","note":"Added concise reader-facing title, summary and uncertainty text; the underlying claims, audit copy, source attribution, timing and evidence limits are unchanged."},{"revision":5,"at":"2026-08-31T20:59:53+05:45","note":"Added CHCL's 31 August confirmation that the Nepal Army, Indian rescue team and company-sent climbers reached the site and started work; retained the date-only timing and did not infer a specific tunnel action, depth, contact or outcome."}],"reading_order":14},{"id":"evt-two-tunnel-recoveries-reported","sequence":15,"group_date":"2026-08-30","phase":"Tunnel recovery report","title":"Two bodies are reported recovered from the Chilime tunnel","short":"Two tunnel recoveries reported","reader":{"title":"Two bodies reported recovered from tunnel","summary":"OnlineKhabar quoted Nepal Army spokesperson Rajaram Basnet reporting two bodies recovered from about 100 m inside; two later reports repeat the same Army-origin account.","limit":"The reports are not independent corroboration. Identities, recovery time, surveyed location, and conditions beyond the area reached remain unpublished."},"occurred_at":{"from":"2026-08-30","to":null,"precision":"date_only","display":"30 Aug · exact recovery time not stated"},"reported_at":"2026-08-30T19:28:26+05:45","reported_at_source_id":"src-onlinekhabar-recovery-2026-08-30","reported_at_basis":"The publisher's WordPress REST record exposes 19:28:26 NPT on 30 August as the publication time. This is the newsroom report clock, not the recovery time.","updated_at":"2026-08-31T20:59:53+05:45","verification":"sensitive_single_source","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"OnlineKhabar, quoting Nepal Army spokesperson Brigadier General Rajaram Basnet, reported that a joint Nepali Army and Indian tunnel-expert team recovered two bodies from about 100 m inside the Chilime tunnel; later English coverage repeated the same Army-origin account.","meaning":"This is a sensitive, on-record but single-origin account repeated by multiple publications, not independent corroboration. The reported distance is not surveyed chainage, the recovery time and identities are not published, and the sources do not resolve conditions beyond the point reached.","annotation":"Two tunnel recoveries reported at about 100 m · identities not published","facts":[["Recovery","Two bodies reported"],["Reported depth","About 100 m inside"],["Team","Nepali Army + Indian tunnel experts"],["Identities","Not published"]],"claims":[{"text":"OnlineKhabar quoted Nepal Army spokesperson Brigadier General Rajaram Basnet saying that the joint Nepali Army and Indian tunnel-expert team recovered two bodies from about 100 m inside the Chilime tunnel.","source_ids":["src-onlinekhabar-recovery-2026-08-30","src-onlinekhabar-progress-2026-08-31","src-nepalnews-army-search-2026-08-31"],"confidence":"named_on_record_same_origin"},{"text":"The original report and two later Army-sourced English reports say the joint team reached about 100 m into the tunnel; the later reports add that the interior was buried in mud and soil. These publications trace to the same Army briefing and do not establish conditions beyond the point reached.","source_ids":["src-onlinekhabar-recovery-2026-08-30","src-onlinekhabar-progress-2026-08-31","src-nepalnews-army-search-2026-08-31"],"confidence":"same_origin_republished"},{"text":"The article separately attributed to Chilime chief executive Baburaja Maharjan the belief that six employees were trapped; the relationship to the owner's five-trapped-plus-one-missing roster remains unresolved.","source_ids":["src-onlinekhabar-recovery-2026-08-30","src-official-status-2026-08-29"],"confidence":"attributed_discrepancy_retained"}],"evidence":"The original report names the Nepal Army spokesperson for the recovery count, reported distance and extent searched, and names Chilime's chief executive for the six-employee statement. OnlineKhabar English and Nepal News later repeated the approximately 100 m advance, mud-buried interior and two recoveries while citing Nepal Army headquarters or its public-relations directorate; they are the same underlying Army origin, not independent confirmation or a new recovery event. CHCL's 31 August notice reports work and logistics but does not confirm the recoveries. All three publisher images are excluded: the original helicopter image does not depict the recovery, OnlineKhabar English labels its entrance image as Trishuli 3A, and Nepal News supplies only general Rasuwa rescue context.","photo_count":0,"photo_label":"0 photos","photo_scope":"No publisher image is assigned to this sensitive event or the 3D map: one is unrelated helicopter context, one is captioned Trishuli 3A, and one is general Rasuwa rescue context without a Chilime location or capture time.","revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-08-30T20:25:57+05:45","note":"Added the named-source 19:28:26 NPT report of two recoveries at about 100 m as a sensitive single-source update; preserved the unresolved roster discrepancy and excluded the unrelated, uncaptioned publisher image from the timeline and map."},{"revision":2,"at":"2026-08-31T19:14:56+05:45","note":"Added concise reader-facing title, summary and uncertainty text; the underlying claims, audit copy, source attribution, timing and evidence limits are unchanged."},{"revision":3,"at":"2026-08-31T20:59:53+05:45","note":"Merged two 31 August English reports into the existing recovery record because both repeat the same Nepal Army-origin account; added the mud-buried interior detail and excluded their non-Chilime or general-context images without creating a duplicate recovery event."}],"reading_order":15},{"id":"evt-renewed-flooding-subsidence-obstructs-rescue","sequence":16,"group_date":"2026-08-30","phase":"Rescue disruption","title":"Renewed flooding and ground subsidence obstruct rescue work","short":"Renewed flooding obstructs work","reader":{"title":"Renewed flooding and subsidence obstruct rescue","summary":"CHCL reported that renewed flooding caused ground subsidence and obstructed rescue work on 30 August. Responders and management discussed alternatives.","limit":"The notice does not identify the affected branch, exact location, duration, or extent, and does not say work permanently stopped."},"occurred_at":{"from":"2026-08-30","to":null,"precision":"date_only","display":"30 Aug · exact disruption time not stated"},"reported_at":"2026-08-30","reported_at_source_id":"src-official-2026-08-30","reported_at_basis":"The CHCL notice page and bulletin are dated 30 August 2026 / 2083/05/14. No publication clock time is exposed, and the date-only report time is not treated as the disruption time.","updated_at":"2026-08-31T19:14:56+05:45","verification":"official","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"CHCL reported that renewed flooding on 30 August caused ground subsidence and obstructed rescue work at Chilime; Nepal Army personnel, the Indian rescue team and company management then discussed alternative options.","meaning":"This is an official operational setback. The notice does not identify the affected tunnel branch, exact location, duration or extent, and does not say that rescue activity permanently stopped.","annotation":"Renewed flooding and subsidence reported · affected location unresolved","facts":[["Renewed flooding","Reported 30 Aug"],["Ground condition","Subsidence reported"],["Rescue work","Obstructed"],["Next step","Alternative options discussed"]],"claims":[{"text":"CHCL's 30 August notice reports that renewed flooding caused ground subsidence and obstructed rescue work at Chilime.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-08-30"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"The same notice says Nepal Army personnel, the Indian rescue team and company management discussed alternative rescue options after the disruption.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-08-30"],"confidence":"official_planning"}],"evidence":"The claim comes from the dated owner bulletin. Its wording supports a renewed-flooding and subsidence obstruction plus discussion of alternatives, but supplies no clock time, mapped location, duration, equipment outcome, new tunnel advance, contact with employees or rescue result. The bulletin's nine-image collage is retained as one official timeline attachment; six embedded images duplicate archived mobilisation photographs and the remaining three lack precise locations and capture times.","photo_count":1,"photo_label":"1 official notice collage","photo_source_id":"src-official-2026-08-30","photo_scope":"The complete official notice attachment contains nine embedded images. Six are crops or reposts of existing mobilisation photographs; three additional images show wet sediment, personnel walking and a crane truck, but none supports a new map placement or establishes an intervention outcome.","preview_media_ids":["media-official-update-2026-08-30"],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-08-31T08:58:49+05:45","note":"Added the official date-only report that renewed flooding caused ground subsidence and obstructed rescue work; retained the alternative-options discussion as planning and kept all notice media off the 3D map."},{"revision":2,"at":"2026-08-31T19:14:56+05:45","note":"Added concise reader-facing title, summary and uncertainty text; the underlying claims, audit copy, source attribution, timing and evidence limits are unchanged."}],"reading_order":16},{"id":"evt-dedicated-helicopter-shuttle-report","sequence":17,"group_date":"2026-08-31","phase":"Helicopter logistics report","title":"Bimal Khadka reports a dedicated helicopter shuttle to the powerhouse portal","short":"Helicopter shuttle reported","reader":{"title":"Dedicated helicopter shuttle reported","summary":"Bimal Khadka said one helicopter was shuttling between Trishuli or the other river bank and the powerhouse portal to supply rescue material and support teams.","limit":"The edited reply gives no flight count, exact landing point, payload, operation time, or confirmation that requested equipment arrived or was used."},"occurred_at":{"from":null,"to":null,"precision":"sequence_only","display":"Shuttle reported 31 Aug · operation times not stated"},"reported_at":"2026-08-31","reported_at_source_id":"src-bimal-facebook-helicopter-shuttle-reply-2026-08-31","reported_at_basis":"Facebook displayed the edited author reply as 4 hours old at 16:54:35 NPT, implying an approximate 11:54:35–12:54:35 NPT publication window. Because that is a coarse relative-age window and the edit time is unknown, the event retains a date-only report time and does not infer a flight clock.","updated_at":"2026-08-31T19:14:56+05:45","verification":"single_source","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"In an edited public author reply, Bimal Khadka reported that one dedicated helicopter was flying between Trishuli or the other river bank and the powerhouse portal to supply rescue material and support the Sherpa and Indian Army teams.","meaning":"This is a single-origin logistics status report. It supports repeated helicopter movement in the stated corridor, but not a flight count, exact landing point, specific payload delivery, equipment use or tunnel progress.","annotation":"Dedicated helicopter shuttle reported · flights and delivered material unresolved","facts":[["Helicopter","One dedicated aircraft reported"],["Route","Trishuli/other bank ↔ powerhouse portal"],["Purpose","Rescue material and team support"],["Flight count or times","Not stated"],["Specific equipment delivery","Not established"]],"claims":[{"text":"Bimal Khadka reported that one dedicated helicopter was flying to and from Trishuli or the other river bank and the powerhouse portal for rescue-material supply and support to the Sherpa and Indian Army teams.","source_ids":["src-bimal-facebook-helicopter-shuttle-reply-2026-08-31"],"confidence":"single_source"},{"text":"CHCL's 30 August notice independently confirms earlier helicopter travel by Nepal Army personnel, an Indian rescue team and company-sent climbers, but not the later dedicated shuttle, its flights or material deliveries.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-08-30"],"confidence":"official_context_only"}],"evidence":"The exact author-reply permalink and visible reply text were captured from Bimal Khadka's public profile. The reply was marked edited and Facebook exposed only a coarse relative age, not an edit history, flight log or operation clock. The wording does not identify the aircraft, exact river bank, number of flights, payload on any flight, or whether the previously requested excavator, pumps, generator or other equipment reached or was used at Chilime. It does not establish tunnel entry, a deeper advance, contact with employees or a rescue outcome.","photo_count":0,"photo_label":"0 photos","photo_scope":"No media is attached to the author reply as evidence for this timeline record. The two later tunnel-entrance photographs are retained in their own source-linked entry and are not treated as proof of a helicopter flight or payload.","revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-08-31T17:02:00+05:45","note":"Added Bimal Khadka's edited helicopter-shuttle reply as a single-source, date-only logistics report; preserved the coarse publication window and did not infer flight count, payload delivery, equipment use or rescue progress."},{"revision":2,"at":"2026-08-31T19:14:56+05:45","note":"Added concise reader-facing title, summary and uncertainty text; the underlying claims, audit copy, source attribution, timing and evidence limits are unchanged."}],"reading_order":17},{"id":"evt-india-tv-chilime-tunnel-entry-operation-report","sequence":18,"group_date":"2026-08-31","phase":"Officially corroborated tunnel-entry operation","title":"Indian Ambassador confirms foothold and safety ropes inside the Chilime tunnel","short":"Foothold and safety ropes inside","reader":{"title":"Official update confirms foothold and safety ropes","summary":"India's Ambassador confirmed that the Indian technical team, working with the Nepali Army, established a foothold and installed safety ropes inside the Chilime tunnel.","limit":"The exact tunnel, operation time, Chilime depth, contact, and rescue outcome remain unknown. The reported 185-metre depth applies only to Langtang."},"occurred_at":{"from":"2026-08-31","to":null,"precision":"date_only","display":"31 Aug · exact foothold and rope-installation time not stated"},"reported_at":"2026-08-31T15:39:24+05:45","reported_at_source_id":"src-manish-india-tv-tunnel-entry-2026-08-31","reported_at_basis":"The X post's time element exposes 2026-08-31T09:54:24.000Z, equivalent to 15:39:24 NPT. This is the exact report clock, not the tunnel-entry, video-capture or operation clock.","updated_at":"2026-08-31T21:52:58+05:45","verification":"official_corroborated","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"After India TV defence and national-security journalist Manish Prasad reported Army personnel inside a Chilime plant tunnel, India's Ambassador to Nepal officially reported that the Indian technical team, working in coordination with the Nepali Army, established a foothold at the Chilime tunnel and set up safety ropes inside despite inclement weather and difficult access.","meaning":"The Ambassador's site-specific official update corroborates the core foothold and tunnel-entry operation and adds the safety-rope and access-condition details. It does not establish the exact tunnel or operation time, a Chilime advance depth, contact with the affected employees, evacuation or another rescue outcome.","annotation":"Foothold and safety ropes officially reported · depth, branch and outcome unresolved","facts":[["Tunnel foothold","Officially reported established"],["Safety ropes","Officially reported set up inside"],["Joint operation","Indian technical team with Nepali Army"],["Conditions","Bad weather and difficult access reported"],["Ground lead","Col Parikshit Mehra named by Manish Prasad"],["Chilime depth or branch","Not stated"],["Rescue outcome","Not reported"]],"claims":[{"text":"Manish Prasad reported that the Indian Army had established what he called ‘foot hold movement’ inside the Chilime Hydropower Plant tunnel, that Army personnel had entered and were carrying out search and rescue, and that Col Parikshit Mehra was leading the team on the ground.","source_ids":["src-manish-india-tv-tunnel-entry-2026-08-31"],"confidence":"single_source"},{"text":"The attached 6.5-second video visibly shows helmeted and uniformed personnel moving into a rough-hewn rock tunnel entrance, with rope, bags and other equipment outside, in the post's explicit Chilime context.","source_ids":["src-manish-india-tv-tunnel-entry-2026-08-31"],"confidence":"single_source_visual_context"},{"text":"The Indian Ambassador's 30 August post provides official context for joint Indian and Nepal Army work at the combined Chilime and Langtang tunnel sites, but does not corroborate this 31 August tunnel-entry claim, its depth or its outcome.","source_ids":["src-indian-ambassador-joint-operations-2026-08-30"],"confidence":"official_context_only"},{"text":"On 31 August, India's Ambassador to Nepal officially reported that the Indian technical team, working in coordination with the Nepali Army, established a foothold at the Chilime tunnel and set up safety ropes inside despite inclement weather and difficult access conditions.","source_ids":["src-indian-ambassador-chilime-foothold-2026-08-31"],"confidence":"official"}],"evidence":"The exact Manish Prasad and Naveen Srivastava X posts, their verified author profiles, publication time elements and attached media were inspected. Manish's short video shows personnel entering a rock tunnel in the post's explicit Chilime context. The Ambassador's later official statement separately identifies the Chilime action as establishing a foothold and setting up safety ropes inside while coordinating with the Nepali Army, which corroborates the core tunnel-entry operation but not Manish's named ground lead. The Ambassador's 185-metre figure is explicitly for Langtang and is excluded from Chilime facts; his statement that rescue efforts would continue the next day remains a plan, not confirmation of 1 September work. One Ambassador-post photograph repeats an existing Bimal Khadka tunnel-entrance visual, while the remaining photos and video are not site-labelled within the mixed Chilime-and-Langtang post and remain excluded from the Chilime gallery and map. No source identifies the exact tunnel, portal, branch, chainage, camera position, operation clock or Chilime advance depth, or establishes contact with employees, successful evacuation or any rescue outcome.","photo_count":0,"photo_label":"0 photos","photo_scope":"Manish Prasad's source contains one 6.5-second video. The Ambassador's mixed Chilime-and-Langtang post contains one video and three photos; one photo duplicates an existing Bimal Khadka Chilime-context visual and the other attachments are not site-labelled. No attachment is counted again or assigned a new Chilime map location.","revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-08-31T18:00:32+05:45","note":"Added Manish Prasad's exact-time X report and short video of personnel entering a Chilime-context tunnel entrance; retained it as single-source, kept the operation time and depth unresolved, and did not infer contact, evacuation or another rescue outcome."},{"revision":2,"at":"2026-08-31T19:14:56+05:45","note":"Added concise reader-facing title, summary and uncertainty text; the underlying claims, audit copy, source attribution, timing and evidence limits are unchanged."},{"revision":3,"at":"2026-08-31T21:52:58+05:45","note":"Merged the Indian Ambassador's later official Chilime-specific report into the existing operation event, corroborating the foothold and adding safety-rope, weather and access-condition details; retained the earlier report clock, date-only occurrence, unresolved Chilime depth and outcome, and excluded the Langtang-only 185-metre figure and unlocated mixed-site media."}],"reading_order":18},{"id":"evt-bimal-rescue-operation-photo-update","sequence":19,"group_date":"2026-08-31","phase":"Rescue-operation photo update","title":"Bimal Khadka shares new Chilime tunnel-entrance rescue photos","short":"New rescue-operation photos","reader":{"title":"New rescue photos show team at tunnel entrance","summary":"Bimal Khadka posted two photos of rescue personnel, rope, and equipment at a rock tunnel entrance in a Chilime rescue context.","limit":"The exact tunnel, portal, camera position, and capture time are unknown. The hopeful caption does not confirm an evacuation or other outcome."},"occurred_at":{"from":null,"to":null,"precision":"sequence_only","display":"Photos posted 31 Aug · capture times not stated"},"reported_at":"2026-08-31","reported_at_source_id":"src-bimal-facebook-rescue-photos-2026-08-31","reported_at_basis":"Facebook displayed the post as 6 minutes old at 16:54:35 NPT, implying an approximate 16:47:35–16:48:35 NPT publication window. Because this is an inferred relative-age window and the images expose no capture times, the event retains a date-only report time.","updated_at":"2026-08-31T19:14:56+05:45","verification":"single_source","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"Bimal Khadka posted two new photographs showing helmeted and uniformed rescue personnel with rope and equipment at a rough-hewn rock tunnel entrance, alongside an appeal hoping for Chilime family members' safe evacuation.","meaning":"The photographs document rescue-team presence at a tunnel entrance in the source's Chilime context. They do not identify the exact tunnel or capture time and the hopeful caption does not confirm an evacuation or other outcome.","annotation":"Two new rescue photos · exact tunnel and operation time unresolved","facts":[["New photos","2 direct stills"],["Visible context","Personnel, rope and rescue equipment"],["Setting","Rock tunnel entrance"],["Exact tunnel or portal","Not identified"],["Evacuation outcome","Not reported"]],"claims":[{"text":"Bimal Khadka posted two direct photographs showing helmeted and uniformed rescue personnel with rope and equipment at a rock tunnel entrance in an explicitly stated Chilime rescue-operation context.","source_ids":["src-bimal-facebook-rescue-photos-2026-08-31"],"confidence":"single_source_visual_context"},{"text":"The caption expresses hope and prayer for the safe evacuation of Chilime family members; it does not state that an evacuation or rescue outcome occurred.","source_ids":["src-bimal-facebook-rescue-photos-2026-08-31"],"confidence":"source_wording_limit"}],"evidence":"The direct Facebook post and both attachment pages were inspected. Both original 1600 by 900 JPEGs were archived and reviewed; neither exposes camera creation, make or model metadata. The source context supports only a station-area tunnel-entrance placement. It does not identify the tunnel, portal, branch, chainage, camera position or capture time, and the images do not establish a new depth, obstruction change, contact with employees, successful evacuation or rescue outcome.","photo_count":2,"photo_label":"2 source photos","photo_source_id":"src-bimal-facebook-rescue-photos-2026-08-31","photo_scope":"Two direct still attachments show rescue personnel, rope and equipment at the same rough-hewn tunnel entrance. They are retained at station-area precision only because the source does not identify the exact tunnel, portal, branch, chainage or camera position.","preview_media_ids":["media-bimal-rescue-photos-2026-08-31-01","media-bimal-rescue-photos-2026-08-31-02"],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-08-31T17:02:00+05:45","note":"Added Bimal Khadka's two new Chilime rescue-operation photographs with original archives and thumbnails; grouped them in one unresolved station-area marker and did not infer the exact tunnel, capture time, operation milestone or evacuation outcome."},{"revision":2,"at":"2026-08-31T18:00:32+05:45","note":"Shifted only the editorial sequence and reading order to place the exact 15:39:24 NPT X report before the later approximately 16:47–16:48 NPT photo post; claims and time basis are unchanged."},{"revision":3,"at":"2026-08-31T19:14:56+05:45","note":"Added concise reader-facing title, summary and uncertainty text; the underlying claims, audit copy, source attribution, timing and evidence limits are unchanged."}],"reading_order":19},{"id":"evt-rescue-logistics-staged-flights-disrupted","sequence":20,"group_date":"2026-08-31","phase":"Rescue logistics and aviation disruption","title":"CHCL reports rescue supplies staged as weather disrupts helicopter flights","short":"Supplies staged; flights disrupted","reader":{"title":"Supplies staged as weather disrupts helicopter flights","summary":"CHCL said equipment, materials, labour and electrical or pumping supplies were ready at several helipads and staging points, while bad weather disrupted evening helicopter flights.","limit":"The notice records readiness, not onward airlift, arrival or use at the tunnel; it provides no flight count or exact disruption time."},"occurred_at":{"from":"2026-08-31","to":null,"precision":"date_only","display":"31 Aug · exact staging and flight-disruption times not stated"},"reported_at":"2026-08-31","reported_at_source_id":"src-official-2026-08-31","reported_at_basis":"The CHCL notice page displays 31 August 2026 and the bulletin is dated 2083/05/15. No publication clock is exposed, and the date-only report time is not treated as an equipment-movement or flight clock.","updated_at":"2026-08-31T20:59:53+05:45","verification":"official","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"CHCL reported that rescue equipment, materials and labour were ready at Trishuli, Dhunche, Thambuchet, Syafrubesi, Thade and Syafru staging points, while bad weather disrupted helicopter flights from the evening.","meaning":"This is an official logistics-readiness and aviation-disruption update. It does not establish that staged items were airlifted onward, reached the Chilime tunnel or were used there, and it supplies no flight count or exact disruption time.","annotation":"Rescue supplies staged · evening helicopter flights weather-disrupted","facts":[["Trishuli helipad","Drone, generator and pump ready"],["Dhunche and Thambuchet","Plywood and drums ready"],["Syafrubesi and Thade","Required labour ready"],["Syafru helipad","Tools, electrical and pumping material ready"],["Evening helicopter flights","Disrupted by bad weather"],["Delivery or use at tunnel","Not established"]],"claims":[{"text":"CHCL's 31 August notice reports a drone, generator and pump ready at Trishuli helipad; plywood at Dhunche; drums at Thambuchet; required labour at Syafrubesi and Thade; and tools, electrical supplies and pumping materials ready at Syafru helipad.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-08-31"],"confidence":"official_readiness"},{"text":"The same owner notice reports that bad weather disrupted helicopter flights from the evening, without giving a clock time, flight count or duration.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-08-31"],"confidence":"official"}],"evidence":"The dated owner bulletin lists readiness at named helipads and staging points and reports an evening weather interruption to helicopter flights. Its wording supports staging and availability only: it does not report that the listed supplies were subsequently flown to Chilime, delivered at a tunnel, installed or used. It also does not establish pumping, dewatering, excavation, a deeper advance, contact with employees or a rescue outcome. The bulletin's single embedded field photo visually duplicates an existing 31 August Bimal Khadka attachment, so it creates no new gallery item or map marker.","photo_count":0,"photo_label":"0 new photos","photo_scope":"The bulletin contains one field photograph that duplicates media-bimal-rescue-photos-2026-08-31-01. It is documented as duplicate source media and is not counted again or assigned a new map marker.","revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-08-31T20:59:53+05:45","note":"Added CHCL's date-only logistics-readiness and weather-disruption update; kept staged items distinct from onward airlift, delivery and use, and documented the bulletin photo as a duplicate rather than adding new media or a map marker."}],"reading_order":20},{"id":"evt-army-origin-joint-team-35m-clearing-report","sequence":21,"group_date":"2026-08-31","phase":"Conflicting tunnel-distance report","title":"Later Army-origin briefing reports the joint team at approximately 35 m","short":"Later 35 m distance reported","reader":{"title":"Later Army briefing reports about 35 m","summary":"An Army-origin briefing said a joint team including foreign experts was about 35 m inside Chilime's tunnel and clearing the section ahead.","limit":"It says entered, not excavated 35 m maximum. The reference point and relationship to the earlier 90/100/120–130 m reports are unresolved."},"occurred_at":{"from":"2026-08-31","to":null,"precision":"date_only","display":"31 Aug · exact entry and clearing time not stated"},"reported_at":"2026-08-31T19:23:00+05:45","reported_at_source_id":"src-rafat-nepal-army-chilime-35m-2026-08-31","reported_at_basis":"Rafat News displays 2083 Bhadra 15 at 19:23, equivalent to 31 August 2026 NPT; seconds are not exposed and are stored as 00. This is the publication clock, not the operation clock.","updated_at":"2026-09-01T10:41:15+05:45","verification":"single_source","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"reported_distance_m":{"from":35,"to":35,"reference":"measurement origin not stated","precision":"approximate"},"summary":"Rafat News, explicitly attributing a multi-project briefing to the Nepali Army Directorate of Military Public Relations and Information, reported that a joint team including foreign experts had entered approximately 35 m into the Chilime tunnel and was clearing the section ahead.","meaning":"This is a later, Army-origin distance report, not proof that the operation had only excavated 35 m or had never reached farther. It conflicts with the owner's about 90 m, the chief executive and Army-origin about 100 m, and field-team 120–130 m accounts. The source does not expose a common portal, branch, measurement origin or operational stage.","annotation":"Later ≈35 m report conflicts with earlier 90/100/120–130 m accounts","facts":[["Later reported reach","≈35 m"],["Wording","Entered; clearing ahead"],["Source origin","Nepali Army public-relations briefing"],["Maximum excavation","Not established"],["Reference point or branch","Not stated"],["Reconciliation","Unresolved"]],"claims":[{"text":"A newsroom report explicitly attributing the briefing to the Nepali Army Directorate of Military Public Relations and Information says a joint team including foreign experts had entered approximately 35 m into the Chilime hydropower tunnel and was clearing the section ahead.","source_ids":["src-rafat-nepal-army-chilime-35m-2026-08-31"],"confidence":"single_army_origin_republished"}],"evidence":"The opened publisher page exposes the exact 19:23 NPT publication clock, the Army-directorate attribution and the Chilime-specific 35 m wording. Other publications repeat the same briefing language and are not independent corroboration. The wording supports entry to approximately 35 m and ongoing clearing only; it does not establish 35 m of excavation, a maximum historical reach, surveyed chainage or why the number differs from earlier reports. The publisher's lead image is identified as Trishuli-3A context and is excluded from the Chilime timeline and map.","photo_count":0,"photo_label":"0 photos","photo_scope":"The publisher's lead image is identified as Trishuli-3A context and is not assigned to this Chilime event or the 3D map.","revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-01T10:41:15+05:45","note":"Added the later Army-origin approximately 35 m entry-and-clearing report as a separate exact-report-time update; retained all earlier distances as unresolved, avoided interpreting it as a maximum excavation depth, and added no new map location or media."}],"reading_order":21},{"id":"evt-water-filled-tunnel-blocked-tailrace-report","sequence":22,"group_date":"2026-09-01","phase":"Reported access constraint","title":"Water-filled tunnel and blocked tailrace are reported to prevent further advance","short":"Water and tailrace blockage reported","reader":{"title":"Water and tailrace blockage reported","summary":"The Kathmandu Post reported that Chilime's tunnel was filled with water and its tailrace blocked, requiring pumping before rescuers could proceed.","limit":"The observation source and time are unclear. The report does not confirm that pumps arrived, pumping began, water fell, or rescuers advanced farther."},"occurred_at":{"from":null,"to":null,"precision":"sequence_only","display":"Condition reported 1 Sep · observation time not stated"},"reported_at":"2026-09-01","reported_at_source_id":"src-kathmandu-post-chilime-access-constraint-2026-09-01","reported_at_basis":"The Kathmandu Post displays 1 September 2026 without an original publication clock. Its visible 08:56 time is explicitly an update time and is not promoted to the publication or occurrence clock.","updated_at":"2026-09-01T10:41:15+05:45","verification":"single_source","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"The Kathmandu Post reported that the Chilime tunnel was filled with water and the tailrace was blocked, meaning water would have to be pumped out before rescue teams could proceed.","meaning":"This is a single-newsroom report of a current access constraint. It is consistent with earlier plans to bring pumping equipment but does not confirm delivery, installation, pumping, a lower water level, a reopened route or deeper access. It may help explain why reported reach figures describe different operational states, but it does not reconcile them.","annotation":"Water-filled tunnel and blocked tailrace reported · pumping outcome unknown","facts":[["Tunnel condition","Reported filled with water"],["Tailrace","Reported blocked"],["Required next step","Pumping before further advance"],["Pumping started","Not confirmed"],["Observation time","Not stated"]],"claims":[{"text":"The Kathmandu Post reported that the Chilime tunnel was filled with water and the tailrace was blocked, meaning water would need to be pumped out before rescue teams could proceed.","source_ids":["src-kathmandu-post-chilime-access-constraint-2026-09-01"],"confidence":"single_source_paraphrase"}],"evidence":"The station-specific sentence appears as journalistic paraphrase in a passage discussing former energy minister Kulman Ghising rather than as a direct quote or primary owner/Army statement. The article does not say that Ghising personally inspected Chilime or identify the original observer or observation time. Its three images were reviewed: the lead is unlocated multi-project Army context, one is a same-origin Ambassador photograph newly captioned by the newsroom as Chilime, and one accompanies the Upper Trishuli-3A section. Only the Chilime-captioned image is retained as timeline context; none establishes the water level, tailrace blockage, pumping or further advance.","photo_count":1,"photo_label":"1 source photo","photo_source_id":"src-kathmandu-post-chilime-access-constraint-2026-09-01","photo_scope":"One same-origin Indian-envoy photograph is retained because the newsroom captions it as the joint team at Chilime on Monday. It does not expose a camera time, branch, chainage or position and does not show the water-filled tunnel or blocked tailrace, so it remains timeline-only with no new map pin.","preview_media_ids":["media-kathmandu-post-chilime-team-2026-09-01"],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-01T10:41:15+05:45","note":"Added the single-newsroom water-filled-tunnel and blocked-tailrace report as a date-only access-constraint update; did not infer pumping or deeper progress, retained the one Chilime-captioned same-origin image as timeline-only, and added no 3D map pin."}],"reading_order":22},{"id":"evt-nepali-army-chilime-tunnel-reel","sequence":23,"group_date":"2026-09-01","phase":"Official visual update","title":"Nepali Army publishes a reel identifying the rescue team inside the Chilime tunnel","short":"Official Chilime tunnel-team reel","reader":{"title":"Nepali Army publishes Chilime tunnel reel","summary":"An official Nepali Army reel identifies its footage as the rescue team inside the Chilime Hydropower Project tunnel.","limit":"The reel does not establish when or where inside the tunnel it was filmed, a depth reached, operational result, contact, or evacuation."},"occurred_at":{"from":null,"to":null,"precision":"sequence_only","display":"Footage published 1 Sep · media-capture time not stated"},"reported_at":"2026-09-01T10:50:06+05:45","reported_at_source_id":"src-nepali-army-facebook-chilime-reel-1724610325284723","reported_at_basis":"Facebook's page payload for reel 1724610325284723 exposes publish_time 1788239106, equivalent to 10:50:06 NPT on 1 September 2026. This is the publication clock, not the media-capture or operation clock.","updated_at":"2026-09-01T13:50:53+05:45","verification":"official","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"The Nepali Army published an approximately 17-second Facebook reel captioned as the rescue team inside the tunnel of the Chilime Hydropower Project. The footage visibly shows helmeted and uniformed personnel handling cable, rope and long equipment beside a rough rock or concrete surface.","meaning":"This is an official visual publication from inside a tunnel identified by the source as Chilime. It does not establish that the footage was captured at publication time, identify the tunnel branch or position, show how far the team had advanced, or confirm progress on excavation, dewatering, obstruction removal, contact or evacuation.","annotation":"Official Chilime tunnel-team reel · location and operation time unresolved","facts":[["Source","Nepali Army · official Facebook reel"],["Published","1 Sep · 10:50:06 NPT"],["Source identifies","Rescue team inside Chilime tunnel"],["Visible context","Helmeted personnel with cable, rope and long equipment"],["Capture time","Not stated"],["Depth or result","Not established"]],"claims":[{"text":"The Nepali Army published a reel whose caption identifies the footage as the rescue team inside the tunnel of the Chilime Hydropower Project.","source_ids":["src-nepali-army-facebook-chilime-reel-1724610325284723"],"confidence":"official_source"}],"evidence":"The direct Facebook share link resolves to reel 1724610325284723 on the Nepali Army page. The page caption explicitly identifies the rescue team and the Chilime Hydropower Project tunnel, and its embedded publish_time supplies the exact report clock. The platform-provided first-frame poster is archived for the timeline preview. The reel supplies no media-capture clock, exact tunnel, portal, branch, chainage or camera position, so it is not placed on the 3D map and is not used to infer a depth or operational outcome.","photo_count":1,"photo_label":"1 reel preview","photo_source_id":"src-nepali-army-facebook-chilime-reel-1724610325284723","photo_scope":"The platform-provided first-frame poster is retained as a preview for the official reel. It has no exposed capture time, exact tunnel, branch, chainage or camera position and remains timeline-only with no 3D map pin.","preview_media_ids":["media-nepali-army-chilime-reel-1724610325284723"],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-01T13:50:53+05:45","note":"Added the official Nepali Army Chilime tunnel-team reel at its exact Facebook publication time, archived the platform poster for the timeline preview, kept the media-capture and operation times unresolved, and added no 3D map pin."}],"reading_order":23},{"id":"evt-nepali-army-joint-team-50m-search-report","sequence":24,"group_date":"2026-09-01","phase":"Official conflicting distance update","title":"Nepali Army reports the joint team searched approximately 50 m inside","short":"Official 50 m search report","reader":{"title":"Army reports about 50 m searched","summary":"The Nepali Army said a joint team including foreign rescuers entered and searched about 50 m inside the Chilime tunnel by 11:00.","limit":"The branch, portal and measurement origin are unstated, so this does not reconcile the existing 35/90/100/120–130 m reports."},"occurred_at":{"from":null,"to":"2026-09-01T11:00:00+05:45","precision":"range","display":"By 1 Sep · 11:00 NPT (start time not stated)"},"reported_at":"2026-09-01T12:55:03+05:45","reported_at_source_id":"src-nepali-army-facebook-multi-project-update-2026-09-01-1100","reported_at_basis":"Facebook's page payload exposes publish_time 1788246603, equivalent to 12:55:03 NPT on 1 September 2026. The post heading states that the operational update is as of 11:00; publication time is not treated as the search time.","updated_at":"2026-09-01T17:45:23+05:45","verification":"official","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"reported_distance_m":{"from":50,"to":50,"reference":"measurement origin not stated","precision":"approximate"},"summary":"In its 11:00 multi-project rescue update, the Nepali Army reported that a joint team including foreign personnel had entered and searched approximately 50 m inside the Chilime hydropower tunnel.","meaning":"This is an official search-reach report bounded only by the 11:00 status time. It does not identify a common branch, portal, measurement origin or operational stage and therefore does not replace or reconcile the earlier approximately 35 m, 90 m, 100 m and 120–130 m accounts.","annotation":"Official ≈50 m search report · relationship to other distances unresolved","facts":[["Status time","By 11:00 NPT"],["Reported search reach","≈50 m"],["Team","Joint team including foreign rescuers"],["Measurement origin","Not stated"],["Surveyed chainage","Not established"],["Rescue outcome","Not reported"]],"claims":[{"text":"The Nepali Army's official update says a joint search-and-rescue team including foreign personnel entered and searched approximately 50 m inside the Chilime hydropower tunnel by the 11:00 status time.","source_ids":["src-nepali-army-facebook-multi-project-update-2026-09-01-1100"],"confidence":"official"}],"evidence":"The direct Nepali Army post separates a Chilime-specific sentence from its updates on other hydropower projects and supplies both an 11:00 status heading and an exact Facebook publication clock. The post's eight photographs were reviewed individually, but none is captioned to a particular project in the multi-project update. They are therefore documented in the source record and excluded from the Chilime timeline gallery and 3D map rather than being assigned by visual similarity.","photo_count":0,"photo_label":"0 Chilime-attributable photos","photo_scope":"Eight attachments accompany the multi-project Army post, but the post does not identify which project appears in any attachment. No image is assigned to this event or the 3D map.","revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-01T17:45:23+05:45","note":"Added the official approximately 50 m Chilime search-reach report with the 11:00 status bound and exact 12:55:03 publication clock kept separate; retained all conflicting distances and excluded the unassigned multi-project attachments from the Chilime gallery and map."}],"reading_order":24},{"id":"evt-foreign-ministry-no-significant-progress-report","sequence":25,"group_date":"2026-09-01","phase":"Later rescue status report","title":"Foreign Ministry spokesperson reports no significant progress","short":"Later no-progress report","reader":{"title":"Later report says teams have not reached workers","summary":"A Foreign Ministry spokesperson said teams were continuing their work, but no significant progress had been reported shortly before the briefing.","limit":"The status time is relative and the wording does not mean no work occurred or establish conditions beyond the accessible section."},"occurred_at":{"from":null,"to":null,"precision":"sequence_only","display":"Status shortly before a 1 Sep briefing · exact time not stated"},"reported_at":"2026-09-01T16:51:07+05:45","reported_at_source_id":"src-onlinekhabar-foreign-ministry-rescue-status-2026-09-01","reported_at_basis":"OnlineKhabar's publication metadata exposes 16:51:07 NPT on 1 September 2026. The spokesperson's phrase referring to information available shortly before the briefing is a relative status basis and is not converted to an exact operation time.","updated_at":"2026-09-01T17:45:23+05:45","verification":"named_on_record_single_source","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"OnlineKhabar reported Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lok Bahadur Paudel Chhetri saying Nepali and foreign tunnel teams were continuing their work but no significant progress had been reported shortly before the briefing; the article said those believed trapped at Chilime had not been reached.","meaning":"This is a named-government-spokesperson status carried by one newsroom, not a primary ministry publication. It supports continued work and a lack of reported significant progress at that stage, but not zero activity, an exact status clock, a measured advance, conditions beyond the accessible section, contact or a final outcome.","annotation":"Later named-government status · significant progress not reported","facts":[["Teams","Nepali and foreign specialists continuing"],["Reported progress","No significant progress reported"],["Chilime workers","Reported not reached"],["Status clock","Relative; shortly before briefing"],["Primary ministry record","Not located"]],"claims":[{"text":"OnlineKhabar reports Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lok Bahadur Paudel Chhetri saying the tunnel teams continued working but no significant progress had been reported shortly before the briefing.","source_ids":["src-onlinekhabar-foreign-ministry-rescue-status-2026-09-01"],"confidence":"named_government_source_single_newsroom"},{"text":"The same article says the people believed trapped at Chilime had not been reached at the reported stage.","source_ids":["src-onlinekhabar-foreign-ministry-rescue-status-2026-09-01"],"confidence":"single_source"}],"evidence":"The opened article names the Foreign Ministry spokesperson and distinguishes the Chilime status from other affected hydropower projects. Its exact publication clock is exposed in metadata, while the underlying status remains relative. No original ministry release or inspectable press-conference recording was located. The article's four-panel tunnel collage is generic multi-project context and is excluded from the Chilime timeline gallery and 3D map because no panel is identified as Chilime and no capture time or camera location is supplied.","photo_count":0,"photo_label":"0 Chilime-attributable photos","photo_scope":"The unlocated multi-project editorial collage does not identify any panel as Chilime and is not assigned to this event or the 3D map.","revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-01T17:45:23+05:45","note":"Added the later named-government-spokesperson status as a sequence-only report with its exact newsroom publication clock; kept the relative status time unresolved, did not infer zero work or an outcome, and excluded the unlocated multi-project collage from the Chilime gallery and map."}],"reading_order":25},{"id":"evt-nepali-army-joint-team-150m-buried-slope-report","sequence":26,"group_date":"2026-09-01","phase":"Official conflicting distance update","title":"Nepali Army reports a 26-person joint team reached approximately 150 m","short":"Official 150 m report","reader":{"title":"Army reports about 150 m reached","summary":"The Nepali Army said a 26-person joint team including foreign personnel reached about 150 m and found the sloping section completely buried or filled.","limit":"The portal, branch and measurement origin are unstated, so this does not reconcile earlier 35/50/90/100/120–130 m reports or locate the affected employees."},"occurred_at":{"from":null,"to":"2026-09-01T17:00:00+05:45","precision":"range","display":"By 1 Sep · 17:00 NPT (start time not stated)"},"reported_at":"2026-09-01T17:58:49+05:45","reported_at_source_id":"src-nepali-army-facebook-multi-project-update-2026-09-01-1700","reported_at_basis":"Facebook's page payload exposes creation_time 1788264829, equivalent to 17:58:49 NPT on 1 September 2026. The post heading states that the operational update is as of 17:00; publication time is not treated as the team's reach time.","updated_at":"2026-09-01T20:50:11+05:45","verification":"official","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"reported_distance_m":{"from":150,"to":150,"reference":"measurement origin not stated","precision":"approximate"},"summary":"In its 17:00 multi-project rescue update, the Nepali Army reported that a 26-person joint team including foreign personnel had reached approximately 150 m inside at Chilime and found the sloping section completely buried or filled.","meaning":"This is an official team-reach and obstruction report bounded only by the 17:00 status time. It does not identify a common branch, portal, measurement origin or operational stage and therefore does not replace or reconcile the earlier approximately 35 m, 50 m, 90 m, 100 m and 120–130 m accounts. It also does not establish the burial extent, conditions beyond the sloping section, employee location, contact or outcome.","annotation":"Official ≈150 m team-reach report · sloping section buried or filled","facts":[["Status time","By 17:00 NPT"],["Reported team reach","≈150 m"],["Team","26 people including foreign personnel"],["Sloping section","Reported completely buried or filled"],["Measurement origin","Not stated"],["Surveyed chainage","Not established"],["Rescue outcome","Not reported"]],"claims":[{"text":"The Nepali Army's official update says a 26-person joint team including foreign personnel reached approximately 150 m inside at Chilime by the 17:00 status time.","source_ids":["src-nepali-army-facebook-multi-project-update-2026-09-01-1700"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"The same update says the sloping section that began there was completely buried or filled.","source_ids":["src-nepali-army-facebook-multi-project-update-2026-09-01-1700"],"confidence":"official"}],"evidence":"The direct Nepali Army post separates a Chilime-specific sentence from updates on other sites and supplies both a 17:00 status heading and an exact Facebook publication clock. Its four photographs were reviewed individually, but none is captioned to a particular project in the multi-site post. They are therefore documented in the source record and excluded from the Chilime timeline gallery and 3D map rather than being assigned by visual similarity.","photo_count":0,"photo_label":"0 Chilime-attributable photos","photo_scope":"Four attachments accompany the multi-site Army post, but the post does not identify which site appears in any attachment. No image is assigned to this event or the 3D map.","revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-01T20:50:11+05:45","note":"Added the official approximately 150 m joint-team reach and buried-or-filled sloping-section report with the 17:00 status bound and exact 17:58:49 publication clock kept separate; retained all conflicting distances and excluded the unassigned multi-site attachments from the Chilime gallery and map."}],"reading_order":26},{"id":"evt-chcl-jcb-access-high-flow-pullback-update","sequence":27,"group_date":"2026-09-01","phase":"Official access, equipment and safety update","title":"CHCL reports metallic and rock obstruction, a staged JCB and temporary team pullback","short":"CHCL access update","reader":{"title":"CHCL says machinery is needed to progress","summary":"CHCL reported metallic objects and rock inside, a JCB staged at Trishuli, weather-delayed landing-site reconnaissance and a temporary pullback due to high river flow.","limit":"The bulletin is date-only. Reconnaissance and JCB transport were plans for 2 September, not completed actions, and the photos do not establish an exact entrance or capture time."},"occurred_at":{"from":"2026-09-01","to":null,"precision":"date_only","display":"1 Sep · occurrence times not stated"},"reported_at":"2026-09-01","reported_at_source_id":"src-official-2026-09-01","reported_at_basis":"The official CHCL notice and attached bulletin are dated 1 September 2026 but expose no publication clock. The server's file-modification time is retained in the source record as file metadata and is not treated as publication or operation time.","updated_at":"2026-09-01T20:50:11+05:45","verification":"official","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"CHCL reported that Nepal Army personnel, Indian experts, company staff and a climber team were mobilized at the Chilime powerhouse. An inside inspection found metallic objects and rock, with progress considered impracticable without a JCB. A JCB was ready at Trishuli, but weather prevented Army reconnaissance of a landing site; reconnaissance and transport were planned for early 2 September. High Bhote Koshi flow forced the deployed rescuers to return temporarily. Two CHCL technical employees operated a generator for temporary lighting.","meaning":"This official owner bulletin supports the stated team composition, obstruction, need for machinery, equipment staging, weather delay, temporary safety pullback and temporary-lighting work. It does not confirm JCB airlift, arrival or use, completion of landing-site reconnaissance, a restart, a permanent withdrawal, an exact obstruction point or employee contact or outcome.","annotation":"Official owner update · JCB transport planned, not completed","facts":[["Inside inspection","Metallic objects and rock reported"],["Progress without JCB","Reported impracticable"],["JCB","Ready at Trishuli"],["Landing-site reconnaissance","Weather-delayed; planned for 2 Sep"],["Rescue team","Temporarily returned due to high river flow"],["Temporary lighting","Generator operated by two CHCL technical employees"],["Exact event clocks","Not stated"]],"claims":[{"text":"CHCL's official bulletin says Nepal Army personnel, Indian experts, company staff and a climber team with equipment were mobilized at the Chilime powerhouse.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-01"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"The bulletin says an inside inspection found metallic objects and rock and that progress without a JCB appeared impracticable.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-01"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"CHCL says a JCB was ready at Trishuli, while weather prevented Army reconnaissance of a landing site; reconnaissance and transport were planned for early 2 September.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-01"],"confidence":"official_plan"},{"text":"The bulletin says high Bhote Koshi flow caused the deployed rescue team to return temporarily and that two CHCL technical employees operated a generator for temporary lighting.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-01"],"confidence":"official"}],"evidence":"The owner notice page and one-page PDF are archived together with the PDF checksum. Both embedded photographs were extracted without alteration, inspected and added as one station-area evidence group. The bulletin establishes Chilime powerhouse context, but it supplies no camera clock, exact tunnel, portal, branch, chainage or camera position; the images therefore join the combined area circle rather than a modeled component marker.","photo_count":2,"photo_label":"2 official bulletin photos","photo_source_id":"src-official-2026-09-01","photo_scope":"Two embedded photos show rescue personnel and equipment at a rough-hewn tunnel entrance in the bulletin's Chilime powerhouse context. Their capture time and exact tunnel, portal, branch, chainage and camera position are unresolved.","preview_media_ids":["media-official-update-2026-09-01-01","media-official-update-2026-09-01-02"],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-01T20:50:11+05:45","note":"Added CHCL's date-only official obstruction, JCB-staging, weather-delay, temporary-pullback and temporary-lighting update; kept the 2 September reconnaissance and transport as uncompleted plans and added the two embedded photos to the unresolved station-area circle."}],"reading_order":27},{"id":"evt-indian-team-improvised-float-tunnel-exploration-report","sequence":28,"group_date":"2026-09-01","phase":"Official constrained-access exploration update","title":"Indian team reports using improvised floats to explore deeper into the tunnel","short":"Improvised-float exploration","reader":{"title":"Indian team uses floats in waterlogged tunnel","summary":"India's Ambassador said the joint team used improvised floats to explore deeper despite restricted space, difficult terrain and a swamp-like tunnel floor.","limit":"No branch, distance or operation clock was stated. Continued work on 2 September was a plan, not a confirmed outcome."},"occurred_at":{"from":"2026-09-01","to":null,"precision":"date_only","display":"1 Sep · operation time not stated"},"reported_at":"2026-09-01T20:23:02+05:45","reported_at_source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-chilime-float-exploration-2026-09-01","reported_at_basis":"The X post identifier resolves to 1 September 2026 at 20:23:02 NPT. The Embassy's related Facebook photo post and reel were published later at 20:45:33 and 20:53:43 NPT. These are publication clocks, not operation or media-capture times.","updated_at":"2026-09-01T21:13:27+05:45","verification":"official_corroborated","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"India's Ambassador to Nepal reported that the Indian tunnel-rescue team continued work at Chilime with the Nepali Army despite extremely restricted access, terrain limits and a swamp-like marshy tunnel floor. He said the team used improvised floats to explore deeper into the tunnel. The Embassy of India separately published three Chilime rescue photos and a reel from the same operation and said efforts would continue on 2 September.","meaning":"The official posts support continued joint work on 1 September, the stated constrained and waterlogged conditions, and improvised-float use to explore farther. The Embassy material is same-operation official corroboration, not an independent field origin. The posts do not identify a distance, branch, portal or measurement origin and do not confirm that the planned 2 September work occurred, that the team reached the affected employees, or that anyone was evacuated or rescued.","annotation":"Official joint-team update · improvised floats used in constrained tunnel","facts":[["Team","Indian tunnel-rescue team with Nepali Army"],["Conditions","Restricted access and swamp-like tunnel floor reported"],["Method","Improvised floats used to explore deeper"],["Distance or chainage","Not stated"],["2 September work","Planned; completion not established"],["Rescue outcome","Not reported"]],"claims":[{"text":"The Indian Ambassador's official update says the Indian tunnel-rescue team continued working at Chilime in coordination with the Nepali Army despite restricted space, terrain limitations and a swamp-like tunnel floor.","source_ids":["src-indian-ambassador-chilime-float-exploration-2026-09-01"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"The Ambassador says the team used improvised floats to explore deeper into the tunnel; the accompanying X video and Embassy photographs visually support float use in wet, muddy tunnel conditions.","source_ids":["src-indian-ambassador-chilime-float-exploration-2026-09-01","src-india-embassy-facebook-chilime-rescue-photos-2026-09-01"],"confidence":"official_same_operation_corroboration"},{"text":"The Ambassador and Embassy said the team intended to continue its rescue effort on 2 September.","source_ids":["src-indian-ambassador-chilime-float-exploration-2026-09-01","src-india-embassy-facebook-chilime-rescue-photos-2026-09-01"],"confidence":"official_plan"}],"evidence":"The Ambassador's direct X post is Chilime-specific and supplies the detailed access, terrain and improvised-float account with two videos and two photos. The Embassy's later direct Facebook photo post and reel name Chilime and repeat the continued-operation account. Two X photographs and the Embassy reel repeat visuals already retained from the Embassy photos or first X video and are documented as duplicates rather than counted again. Five distinct previews are archived: two X video posters and three Embassy photos. Four tunnel/entrance previews join the unresolved station-area circle; the helicopter-and-landing-area poster remains timeline-only because its exact location is not established.","photo_count":5,"photo_label":"5 official media previews","photo_scope":"Five distinct media previews document the official Chilime update. Four tunnel and entrance visuals join two source-specific groups in the combined station-area circle; the second X video poster shows a landing-area scene and remains timeline-only. No media item establishes a camera clock, exact tunnel, portal, branch, chainage or rescue outcome.","preview_media_ids":["media-indian-float-rescue-x-2026-09-01-video-01","media-indian-float-rescue-x-2026-09-01-video-02","media-india-embassy-float-rescue-facebook-2026-09-01-01","media-india-embassy-float-rescue-facebook-2026-09-01-02","media-india-embassy-float-rescue-facebook-2026-09-01-03"],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-01T21:13:27+05:45","note":"Added the official improvised-float and constrained-access report as one merged event across the Ambassador's X post and Embassy Facebook material; preserved 2 September work as an uncompleted plan, archived five distinct previews, excluded repeated visuals from double-counting and added four Chilime-context tunnel visuals to the unresolved station-area circle."}],"reading_order":28},{"id":"evt-chcl-essential-equipment-not-at-site-report","sequence":29,"group_date":"2026-09-02","phase":"Equipment-access status report","title":"CHCL reports a planned excavator airlift to the powerhouse did not occur","short":"Excavator airlift did not occur","reader":{"title":"Planned excavator airlift does not occur","summary":"CHCL's official 2 September bulletin says the Army's planned morning helicopter lift of an excavator from Trishuli to the powerhouse could not take place.","limit":"The notice does not state why the lift failed, the excavator's later location or a new delivery time, and it does not mean all tools or rescue activity were absent."},"occurred_at":{"from":"2026-09-02","to":null,"precision":"date_only","display":"2 Sep morning · exact time not stated"},"reported_at":"2026-09-02","reported_at_source_id":"src-official-2026-09-02","reported_at_basis":"The official notice index, notice page and attached bulletin identify 2 September 2026 / 2083-05-17 but expose no publication clock. The bulletin describes the attempted movement only as planned for that morning.","updated_at":"2026-09-03T12:47:05+05:45","verification":"official","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"CHCL's 2 September owner bulletin says the Nepali Army had planned to carry an excavator by helicopter from Trishuli to the powerhouse that morning, but the movement could not take place. This resolves the earlier CHCL managing-director report that essential equipment had not reached the site and follows the 1 September bulletin that had described a JCB ready at Trishuli. Jalsarokar separately quoted the company chief executive saying large equipment including a dozer had not been taken inside the main access tunnel, while some smaller tools had.","meaning":"The owner bulletin confirms failure of the planned morning airlift, not merely a pending deployment. It does not give the reason, establish the excavator's later location or arrival time, show that every access option failed, or imply that manual work and small-tool use stopped. The Jalsarokar report shares the same company origin and is not independent corroboration.","annotation":"Official owner update · planned excavator airlift did not occur","facts":[["Planned equipment","Excavator"],["Planned route","Trishuli to the powerhouse by Nepali Army helicopter"],["Planned timing","2 September morning; exact clock not stated"],["Outcome","Airlift could not take place"],["Large equipment inside main tunnel","Not yet, according to the named company-source report"],["Small tools inside tunnel","Reported present by Jalsarokar's named company source"],["Later excavator location or delivery","Not reported"],["Search outcome","Not reported"]],"claims":[{"text":"CHCL's official 2 September bulletin says the Nepali Army had planned to transport an excavator by helicopter from Trishuli to the powerhouse that morning, but the movement could not take place.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-02"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"The Kathmandu Post quotes CHCL managing director Babaraj Maharjan saying essential equipment had still not reached the Chilime project site at the reported stage.","source_ids":["src-kathmandu-post-chilime-equipment-access-2026-09-02"],"confidence":"named_company_source_single_newsroom"},{"text":"Jalsarokar quotes CHCL chief executive Babu Maharjan saying large equipment including a dozer had not been taken inside the main access tunnel, while some smaller tools and necessary equipment had been taken inside.","source_ids":["src-jalasarokar-chilime-joint-team-weather-2026-09-02"],"confidence":"named_company_source_same_origin"}],"evidence":"The direct CHCL bulletin converts the 1 September transport plan into a reported non-occurrence on the morning of 2 September. The Kathmandu Post and Jalsarokar reports both attribute related equipment-access statements to CHCL leadership; they add context but do not independently corroborate the owner account. Neither the official bulletin nor either article supplies an operation clock, later excavator location or revised delivery plan. The two official bulletin images are retained once with the companion joint-team/weather event; the articles' unassigned or archival lead photographs remain excluded.","photo_count":0,"photo_label":"0 separately counted photos","photo_scope":"The official bulletin's two embedded images are counted once with the companion joint-team/weather event. The Kathmandu Post's unassigned multi-project photograph and Jalsarokar's explicit file photograph are excluded from this event's gallery and the 3D map.","revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-02T17:46:29+05:45","note":"Added the named CHCL managing-director report that essential equipment had not reached the Chilime site; kept the observation clock, equipment identity, JCB location, reconnaissance status and arrival timing unresolved, and excluded the unassigned multi-project photograph."},{"revision":2,"at":"2026-09-03T12:47:05+05:45","note":"Added CHCL's primary confirmation that the planned morning excavator airlift from Trishuli to the powerhouse did not occur, plus the same-origin named report that only smaller tools had reached the main tunnel; retained the cause, later excavator location, revised delivery time and rescue outcome as unresolved and avoided double-counting the bulletin photographs."}],"reading_order":29},{"id":"evt-chilime-search-still-active-2026-09-02","sequence":31,"group_date":"2026-09-02","phase":"Continued search status","title":"Army sources report Chilime search remained active on 2 September","short":"Search remains active","reader":{"title":"Army says Chilime search remains active","summary":"An official Foreign Ministry briefing, an Army headquarters status and a later named commander interview said Nepali and Indian teams were still working at Chilime on 2 September.","limit":"The tunnel-opening sentence covers Chilime and Langtang jointly. No report gives a new Chilime distance or confirms passage past the slope, contact, a sign of life, evacuation or an outcome."},"occurred_at":{"from":null,"to":null,"precision":"sequence_only","display":"2 Sep status reports · bounded at 11:00 and 14:00; later interview clock not stated"},"reported_at":"2026-09-02T16:00:00+05:45","reported_at_source_id":"src-nepal-mofa-fifth-briefing-chilime-2026-09-02","reported_at_basis":"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs page was published at 16:00 NPT and records a briefing status through 14:00 NPT. OnlineKhabar's separate Army-headquarters report was published at 13:29:32 NPT and describes the Chilime status through 11:00 NPT; KhabarHub's named commander interview was published at 14:50:58 NPT but exposes no interview clock. These are publication and status clocks, not a complete operation chronology.","updated_at":"2026-09-03T00:02:36+05:45","verification":"official_corroborated","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"Nepal's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said at its fifth flood briefing that the Indian Tunnel Rescue Team was working closely with Nepali rescue teams at Chilime and Langtang as of 14:00 NPT. OnlineKhabar had earlier reported an Army-headquarters update, current through 11:00 NPT, saying a joint team including foreign personnel was continuing search-and-rescue work at Chilime. KhabarHub later quoted forward joint operation cell commander Brigadier General Ujjwal Bikram Rana saying the Army was still working at Chilime and remained hopeful that someone might be brought out alive.","meaning":"The direct government briefing upgrades the evidence that Nepali and Indian teams were actively collaborating at Chilime on 2 September. The briefing's statement that some tunnel-opening work had been done applies jointly to Langtang and Chilime, so it is not treated as a separate Chilime progress claim. The Army-attributed bulletin and named-command interview add continuity but no new measured advance or operational milestone. Rana's expressed hope is not evidence that anyone was alive, contacted or located.","annotation":"2 September official status · joint search continuing, no new Chilime-specific measured advance","facts":[["Army status bound","Through 2 Sep · 11:00 NPT"],["Official briefing bound","Through 2 Sep · 14:00 NPT"],["Team","Joint team including foreign personnel"],["Officially named collaboration","Indian Tunnel Rescue Team with Nepali rescue teams"],["Later named source","Brigadier General Ujjwal Bikram Rana"],["New distance","Not reported"],["Contact or sign of life","Not reported"],["Rescue outcome","Not reported"]],"claims":[{"text":"OnlineKhabar reports a Nepal Army headquarters status, current through 11:00 NPT on 2 September, saying a joint team including foreign personnel was continuing search-and-rescue work at Chilime.","source_ids":["src-onlinekhabar-army-chilime-search-status-2026-09-02"],"confidence":"army_attributed_single_newsroom"},{"text":"KhabarHub quotes forward joint operation cell commander Brigadier General Ujjwal Bikram Rana saying the Army was still working at Chilime and remained hopeful that someone might be brought out alive.","source_ids":["src-khabarhub-army-commander-chilime-status-2026-09-02"],"confidence":"named_army_source_single_newsroom"},{"text":"Nepal's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the Indian Tunnel Rescue Team was working closely with Nepali rescue teams at both Langtang and Chilime as of its 14:00 NPT briefing status.","source_ids":["src-nepal-mofa-fifth-briefing-chilime-2026-09-02"],"confidence":"official"}],"evidence":"The direct Foreign Ministry page supplies an official 14:00 status and explicitly names Chilime in the Indian-Nepali team collaboration. Its following tunnel-opening sentence jointly covers Langtang and Chilime and is not separated into a Chilime-specific progress claim. The two opened articles provide distinct supporting provenance: one reproduces a Chilime-specific Army headquarters status bounded at 11:00, and the other quotes the field-operation commander by name. None supplies a new Chilime distance, branch, chainage, access breakthrough, equipment milestone or outcome. The Ministry press graphic, OnlineKhabar file photograph and KhabarHub multi-project composite are excluded from the incident gallery and 3D map.","photo_count":0,"photo_label":"0 Chilime-attributable photos","photo_scope":"The official press graphic is not a field image, while the accompanying file photograph and editorial composite are not identified as Chilime; all three are excluded from the incident gallery and 3D map.","revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-02T17:46:29+05:45","note":"Added one corroborated 2 September status event from the Army-headquarters bulletin and a separate named commander interview; recorded the 11:00 status bound and later publication clock separately, did not convert hope into evidence of survival, and excluded both unassigned images."},{"revision":2,"at":"2026-09-03T00:02:36+05:45","note":"Added Nepal's official Foreign Ministry briefing as primary confirmation that Indian and Nepali teams were working together at Chilime as of the 14:00 status; did not assign the briefing's joint Langtang-and-Chilime tunnel-opening sentence to Chilime alone, and excluded the non-field briefing graphic."}],"reading_order":31},{"id":"evt-cri-listening-team-staged-plan-2026-09-02","sequence":30,"group_date":"2026-09-02","phase":"Planned specialist deployment","title":"US response team stages a planned acoustic search deployment","short":"US acoustic-search plan","reader":{"title":"US team plans acoustic search at tunnel sites","summary":"An ANI video said a 13-person US-based team in Rasuwa planned helicopter deployment to the Chilime and Langtang tunnel operations with listening equipment.","limit":"The report does not confirm arrival at Chilime, equipment use, a detected signal or tunnel entry by the US team."},"occurred_at":{"from":null,"to":null,"precision":"sequence_only","display":"2 Sep staging report · interview clock not stated"},"reported_at":"2026-09-02T14:27:00+05:45","reported_at_source_id":"src-economic-times-ani-cri-chilime-plan-2026-09-02","reported_at_basis":"The Economic Times published the ANI video at 14:12 IST on 2 September, equivalent to 14:27 NPT. The interview was recorded earlier, but no capture or operation clock is exposed.","updated_at":"2026-09-02T17:46:29+05:45","verification":"planned","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"An Economic Times-hosted ANI field video reported that a 13-member US-based Crisis Response International team was in Rasuwa to join tunnel-rescue work associated with Chilime and Langtang. Team member Ferrin Cole said the plan was to travel by helicopter to the hydropower tunnels with high-technology listening equipment and safety teams.","meaning":"This named-team-member account supports staging in Rasuwa and a planned acoustic-search deployment involving the Chilime and Langtang operations. It does not confirm that the team reached Chilime, that the helicopter movement occurred, that the equipment was delivered or used, or that any sound, contact, entry, evacuation or rescue followed. ANI republications are one origin, not independent corroboration.","annotation":"Planned action · US team staged with acoustic-search equipment","facts":[["Organization","Crisis Response International"],["Reported team size","13 people"],["Reported staging area","Rasuwa; interview footage shows Dhunche"],["Associated tunnel operations","Chilime and Langtang"],["Planned equipment","High-technology listening equipment"],["Planned movement","Helicopter travel to hydropower tunnels"],["Arrival or equipment use at Chilime","Not confirmed"]],"claims":[{"text":"The ANI video description reports that a 13-member Crisis Response International team was in Rasuwa to join the Chilime and Langtang tunnel-rescue operations.","source_ids":["src-economic-times-ani-cri-chilime-plan-2026-09-02"],"confidence":"single_wire_origin"},{"text":"CRI team member Ferrin Cole says the team planned to travel by helicopter to the hydropower tunnels with high-technology listening equipment and safety teams.","source_ids":["src-economic-times-ani-cri-chilime-plan-2026-09-02"],"confidence":"named_team_member_plan"}],"evidence":"The 9-minute-30-second ANI video and its page identify the team, team size, Chilime/Langtang association and planned equipment. Representative stills show helicopter footage and interviews with Ferrin Cole and Derrick Spencer in Dhunche, not a confirmed Chilime-site operation. The video remains linked as timeline-only source evidence, with no incident-gallery asset or 3D map pin. Other ANI text and video republications are documented as the same origin.","photo_count":0,"photo_label":"0 Chilime-site photos","photo_scope":"The source video shows off-site interviews in Dhunche and helicopter footage but no confirmed Chilime-site operation or listening-equipment use; it remains timeline-only source evidence and is not added to the incident gallery or 3D map.","revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-02T17:46:29+05:45","note":"Added the 13-member CRI team's staged acoustic-search plan as a planned event at the ANI video's converted 14:27 NPT publication clock; kept arrival, helicopter movement, equipment use, tunnel entry, contact and outcome unconfirmed, and added no off-site media to the incident gallery or map."}],"reading_order":30},{"id":"evt-chcl-joint-team-weather-return-delay-2026-09-02","sequence":32,"group_date":"2026-09-02","phase":"Joint-team tunnel clearing and weather delay","title":"CHCL reports joint-team mud clearing and a weather-delayed return","short":"Joint team weather-delayed","reader":{"title":"Joint team clears mud; weather delays return","summary":"CHCL said 13 Nepali Army and seven Indian Army personnel entered the Chilime tunnel and cleared mud, but adverse evening weather prevented their return transport.","limit":"The owner bulletin prints a total of 21 although 13 plus seven equals 20. It does not state where the team waited, when or whether they later returned, or any contact or rescue outcome."},"occurred_at":{"from":"2026-09-02","to":null,"precision":"date_only","display":"2 Sep · tunnel entry during the day; evening return delay; exact times not stated"},"reported_at":"2026-09-02T18:29:14+05:45","reported_at_source_id":"src-jalasarokar-chilime-joint-team-weather-2026-09-02","reported_at_basis":"Jalsarokar visibly published its named company-source report at 18:29:14 NPT on 2 September. CHCL's official notice is dated 2 September but exposes no publication clock. The newsroom timestamp is not an entry, weather-change or return time.","updated_at":"2026-09-03T12:47:05+05:45","verification":"official","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"CHCL's 2 September bulletin says 13 Nepali Army and seven Indian Army rescue-support personnel entered the Chilime tunnel and cleared mud or sludge. It then says adverse evening weather meant they could not be brought back from there. The bulletin describes the group as 21 people even though its two component counts sum to 20. Jalsarokar's earlier report quotes CHCL chief executive Babu Maharjan saying the same 20 personnel could not exit and remained in the main access tunnel because of weather.","meaning":"The primary owner account establishes joint-team entry, manual clearing and a weather-related return delay on 2 September. It does not establish that the team was continuously trapped underground, identify where it waited, or report a later safe return. Jalsarokar supplies the main-access-tunnel detail through the same company source, so that detail remains attributed rather than treated as independent confirmation. No contact, sign of life, evacuation, recovery or rescue outcome is reported.","annotation":"Official owner update · manual tunnel clearing; evening return delayed by weather","facts":[["Nepali Army personnel","13"],["Indian Army personnel","7"],["Arithmetic total","20"],["Bulletin's printed total","21; internally inconsistent"],["Reported action","Entered the tunnel and manually cleared mud or sludge"],["Evening status","Adverse weather prevented return transport"],["Waiting location","Not stated by CHCL; Jalsarokar attributes the main access tunnel to the company chief executive"],["Later return","Not reported"],["Contact or rescue outcome","Not reported"]],"claims":[{"text":"CHCL's official bulletin says 13 Nepali Army and seven Indian Army rescue-support personnel entered the Chilime tunnel and cleared mud or sludge; the same bulletin later calls the group 21 people, conflicting with the arithmetic total of 20.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-02"],"confidence":"official_with_internal_count_conflict"},{"text":"CHCL says adverse weather that evening prevented the rescue personnel from being brought back from there.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-02"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"Jalsarokar quotes CHCL chief executive Babu Maharjan saying the 13 Nepali and seven Indian Army personnel could not exit and remained in the main access tunnel because of bad weather.","source_ids":["src-jalasarokar-chilime-joint-team-weather-2026-09-02"],"confidence":"named_company_source_same_origin"},{"text":"CHCL says the Nepali Army had been ferrying tunnel-rescue personnel by helicopter and that a company chief-executive-led team was coordinating the rescue from Trishuli.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-02"],"confidence":"official"}],"evidence":"The primary evidence is CHCL's dated one-page owner bulletin. Its component counts are preserved verbatim and the contradictory printed total is flagged rather than reconciled silently. Jalsarokar provides an exact publication clock and a named chief-executive attribution for the main-access-tunnel detail, but shares the same company origin and is not independent corroboration. The two bulletin photographs are archived as timeline context: one shows an indoor meeting and one shows personnel under a red tarpaulin, but neither has a caption, camera time or defensible component-level location, so no 3D map pin is added.","photo_count":2,"photo_label":"2 official bulletin photos","photo_source_id":"src-official-2026-09-02","photo_scope":"The first image shows an unlocated indoor meeting and the second shows personnel under a red tarpaulin in Chilime rescue context. Neither image exposes a caption, camera time, exact tunnel, portal, branch, chainage or camera position; both remain timeline-only with no 3D map pin.","preview_media_ids":["media-official-update-2026-09-02-01","media-official-update-2026-09-02-02"],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-03T12:47:05+05:45","note":"Added CHCL's official joint-team mud-clearing and weather-delayed-return update, preserved the bulletin's 13-plus-seven versus printed-21 inconsistency, attributed the main-access-tunnel detail only to the same-origin named newsroom report, archived both bulletin photographs as timeline-only evidence and added no map pin."}],"reading_order":32},{"id":"evt-chilime-sound-detector-monitoring-2026-09-02","sequence":33,"group_date":"2026-09-02","phase":"Confirmed acoustic monitoring","title":"Sound-detector monitoring confirmed; expert explains non-detection limits","short":"Sound-detector monitoring","reader":{"title":"Detector monitoring confirmed; no peak signature reported","summary":"The Army confirmed sound-detector monitoring at the blocked Chilime section. A separate reel's unnamed expert said no peak signature was heard but mud or air gaps can stop vibration, so non-detection did not establish nobody was there.","limit":"The reel names neither Chilime nor the expert, his organization or the detector operator. It does not confirm CRI deployment, contact, entry beyond the blockage or any rescue outcome."},"occurred_at":{"from":null,"to":"2026-09-02T19:00:00+05:45","precision":"range","display":"By 2 Sep · 19:00 NPT (monitoring clock not stated)"},"reported_at":"2026-09-02T19:19:54+05:45","reported_at_source_id":"src-onlinetvnepal-foreign-expert-detector-reel-2026-09-02","reported_at_basis":"The Onlinetvnepal reel's public metadata exposes an exact 19:19:54 NPT publication clock. The Nepali Army's separate heading establishes the operational status through 19:00 NPT, while its post itself has only an approximately 19:53:21–20:53:21 NPT publication window. None of these values is treated as the monitoring, interview, tunnel-entry or media-capture clock.","updated_at":"2026-09-03T19:46:26+05:45","verification":"official","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"reported_distance_m":{"from":150,"to":150,"reference":"measurement origin not stated; repeats the prior official reach figure","precision":"approximate"},"summary":"In its 19:00 multi-project update, the Nepali Army said a joint team including Mountain Association and foreign personnel reached approximately 150 m at Chilime, found the tunnel blocked, and carried out monitoring with a sound detector. An Onlinetvnepal reel published at 19:19:54 NPT presents an unnamed foreign expert saying no peak signatures were heard and explaining that mud or air gaps can stop vibrations; he explicitly cautions that non-detection does not mean nobody is present beyond the obstruction.","meaning":"The direct official Army report confirms acoustic monitoring at the blocked Chilime section by the 19:00 status time. The separate newsroom reel adds a cautious explanation of the reported non-detection but does not name Chilime, identify the interviewee or detector operator, or prove that the earlier Crisis Response International deployment plan was completed. The approximately 150 m figure repeats an earlier Army report and does not reconcile the different distances already in the record. No detected signal, contact, confirmed absence, deeper entry, evacuation, recovery or rescue outcome is established.","annotation":"Official acoustic monitoring · no peak signature reported; non-detection inconclusive","facts":[["Status time","By 19:00 NPT"],["Interview publication","19:19:54 NPT"],["Reported team reach","≈150 m"],["Condition","Tunnel reported blocked"],["Action","Sound-detector monitoring performed"],["Detector owner or operator","Not stated"],["Interviewed expert's account","No peak signatures heard"],["Detection limit","Mud or air gaps can stop vibrations"],["Meaning of non-detection","Does not establish that nobody is there"],["Reel's Chilime identification","Not stated; used only beside the official Chilime report"],["Signal, contact or sign of life","No positive detection or contact reported"],["Rescue outcome","Not reported"]],"claims":[{"text":"The Nepali Army's official 19:00 update says a joint team including Mountain Association and foreign personnel reached approximately 150 m at Chilime and found the tunnel blocked.","source_ids":["src-nepali-army-facebook-multi-project-update-2026-09-02-1900"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"The same official update says monitoring with a sound detector was carried out at the blocked Chilime section.","source_ids":["src-nepali-army-facebook-multi-project-update-2026-09-02-1900"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"In Onlinetvnepal's reel, an unnamed foreign expert says no peak signatures were heard, explains that mud or air gaps can stop vibrations, and cautions that this non-detection does not mean nobody is present beyond the obstruction.","source_ids":["src-onlinetvnepal-foreign-expert-detector-reel-2026-09-02"],"confidence":"single_source"}],"evidence":"The direct Nepali Army post contains a separable Chilime-specific sentence confirming sound-detector monitoring by the 19:00 status time. The Onlinetvnepal reel supplies the unnamed expert's audible explanation and non-detection account, but its caption does not identify Chilime and it is not treated as independent site identification or proof of CRI deployment. The reel's representative frames show an outdoor landing-area interview beside Nepali Army helicopter NA-045, not a tunnel interior. The reel and the Army post's seven unassigned multi-project attachments remain timeline-only or excluded from the incident gallery and 3D map.","photo_count":0,"photo_label":"0 safely attributable new Chilime photos","photo_scope":"The Onlinetvnepal reel shows an outdoor interview at an unresolved landing area and does not identify Chilime; it remains timeline-only source video with no map pin. The Army post has seven multi-project attachments without individual site captions; visual similarity is not enough to assign any of them to Chilime, and none depicts the sound detector.","revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-03T00:02:36+05:45","note":"Added the official 19:00 confirmation of sound-detector monitoring at the blocked Chilime section; retained the repeated approximately 150 m figure with an unresolved origin, did not identify the operator or infer a detector result, and excluded seven unassigned multi-project attachments."},{"revision":2,"at":"2026-09-03T19:46:26+05:45","note":"Merged Onlinetvnepal reel 1046156088188795 into the existing sound-detector event at its exact 19:19:54 NPT publication clock; added the unnamed expert's no-peak-signature account and warning that mud or air gaps can prevent vibration detection, while keeping the reel's Chilime identity, interviewee, detector operator, CRI connection, operation clock, location and rescue outcome unresolved and adding no gallery item or map pin."}],"reading_order":33},{"id":"evt-india-embassy-chilime-progress-logistics-2026-09-02","sequence":34,"group_date":"2026-09-02","phase":"Official progress and logistics update","title":"Indian team reports a base move, continued search and about 100 m of same-day progress","short":"Indian team progress update","reader":{"title":"Indian team reports about 100 m of progress","summary":"India's Embassy said its tunnel team moved its base to Syabrubesi, continued searching with the Nepali Army, and moved forward about 100 m amid deep slush and blockages on 2 September.","limit":"The 100 m is same-day movement, not total depth or chainage. The route and origin are unstated; the road was only explored, and 11 experts were staged near Trishuli, not Chilime."},"occurred_at":{"from":"2026-09-02","to":null,"precision":"date_only","display":"2 Sep · operation times not stated"},"reported_at":"2026-09-02T23:22:54+05:45","reported_at_source_id":"src-india-embassy-chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-02","reported_at_basis":"X exposes an exact post time of 2026-09-02T17:37:54Z, equivalent to 23:22:54 NPT. The statement describes activities during 2 September but gives no individual operation clocks.","updated_at":"2026-09-03T00:02:36+05:45","verification":"official","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"reported_distance_m":{"from":100,"to":100,"reference":"same-day forward movement wording; origin and relation to other reports not stated","precision":"approximate"},"summary":"The Embassy of India in Nepal reported that the Indian Tunnel Rescue Team moved its base from Trishuli to Syabrubesi on 2 September to reduce travel time to Chilime, continued search operations there with the Nepali Army, and moved forward by about 100 m that day amid deep slush and blockages. It also said an improvised road approach was explored for possible heavy-equipment use and that 11 more experts with specialized equipment had moved near Trishuli Bazaar and were expected to start work the next day in coordination with the Army.","meaning":"This is a primary diplomatic statement about same-day activity and near-term logistics. Its approximately 100 m wording is incremental and cannot be added to the approximately 150 m Army reach figure or converted into a total depth, branch position or chainage. Exploring a road approach does not mean one was built or that heavy equipment reached or operated at Chilime. The 11 additional experts and their equipment were staged near Trishuli Bazaar, not confirmed at the Chilime site or at work.","annotation":"Official Indian update · ≈100 m same-day movement; logistics partly staged or explored","facts":[["Date","2 September"],["Base move","Trishuli to Syabrubesi"],["Search coordination","Indian team with Nepali Army at Chilime"],["Reported same-day movement","≈100 m"],["Conditions","Deep slush and blockages"],["Road approach","Possibility explored"],["Additional experts","11, staged near Trishuli Bazaar"],["Additional-team work","Expected next day; not yet confirmed"],["Contact or rescue outcome","Not reported"]],"claims":[{"text":"The Embassy of India says the Indian Tunnel Rescue Team moved its base from Trishuli to Syabrubesi on 2 September and continued search operations at Chilime with the Nepali Army.","source_ids":["src-india-embassy-chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-02"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"The Embassy says the team moved forward by about 100 m during 2 September amid deep slush and blockages inside the tunnel.","source_ids":["src-india-embassy-chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-02"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"The Embassy says an improvised road approach was explored for possible heavy-equipment use and 11 additional experts with specialized equipment were staged near Trishuli Bazaar with work expected the following day.","source_ids":["src-india-embassy-chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-02"],"confidence":"official_plan"}],"evidence":"The Embassy's direct X post provides an exact publication timestamp and a first-party statement separating completed 2 September activity from explored or expected next steps. The sole attachment is a digitally composed text statement, not a field photograph; it remains documented as source evidence but receives no incident-gallery asset or 3D map pin.","photo_count":0,"photo_label":"0 site photos","photo_scope":"The only attachment is an official text statement graphic with no field scene, so it is not added to the incident gallery or 3D map.","revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-03T00:02:36+05:45","note":"Added the Embassy's official base-move, continued-search and approximately 100 m same-day progress report; kept the distance separate from total-depth claims, recorded the road approach and additional team as explored or staged plans, and excluded the text-only attachment from site media."}],"reading_order":34},{"id":"evt-chilime-continued-excavation-heavy-equipment-plan-2026-09-03","sequence":35,"group_date":"2026-09-03","phase":"Continued tunnel work and equipment status","title":"Official reports confirm continued tunnel excavation while heavy equipment remains planned","short":"Excavation continues; equipment pending","reader":{"title":"Tunnel work continues; heavy equipment still planned","summary":"Nepal's Foreign Ministry and India's Ambassador said joint tunnel work continued and about 100 m had been explored, while heavy equipment remained planned. A later Army status confirmed the joint search was still active at 19:00.","limit":"The 100 m may repeat an earlier report. The Army adds no new distance or equipment detail, and no source confirms heavy-equipment use, contact, or an outcome."},"occurred_at":{"from":"2026-09-03","to":null,"precision":"date_only","display":"3 Sep · MoFA status at 14:15; Army status at 19:00; site-visit and individual operation times not stated"},"reported_at":"2026-09-03T16:56:33+05:45","reported_at_source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-chilime-site-visit-2026-09-03","reported_at_basis":"The Ambassador's X post identifier resolves to 2026-09-03T11:11:33.255Z, equivalent to 16:56:33.255 NPT; the canonical record preserves whole-second precision. Nepal's Foreign Ministry page was published earlier at 15:00 NPT for a briefing status labelled 14:15 NPT. The later Nepali Army post has only an approximately 18:51:24–20:51:24 NPT publication window and a separate 19:00 status clock, so the Ambassador's exact publication instant remains the event's report anchor. These are report and status clocks, not exact excavation, equipment-movement, visit or media-capture times.","updated_at":"2026-09-03T23:21:17+05:45","verification":"official_corroborated","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"reported_distance_m":{"from":100,"to":100,"reference":"extent described as already explored using specialized equipment; not stated as a new increment, with no common origin or relation to earlier approximately 100 m and 150 m reports","precision":"approximate"},"summary":"At its 14:15 briefing, Nepal's Foreign Ministry said the Indian Tunnel Rescue Team and Nepali rescue teams were continuing operations at Chilime with necessary equipment and that an excavator was being sent. Later, after visiting the technical team stationed in Syabrubesi near Chilime, India's Ambassador said excavation of the Chilime powerhouse tunnel was continuing, the Indian team and Nepali Army had explored approximately 100 m using specialized equipment, and they planned to bring in heavy equipment to advance farther. He described swamp-like ground and difficult terrain. In its later 19:00 multi-project status, the Nepali Army said a joint team including foreign personnel was still conducting search-and-rescue work at Chilime.","meaning":"The three official reports establish that joint work continued on 3 September and that unspecified specialized equipment was in use. The Army's later 19:00 statement confirms only that the joint search remained active; it does not identify a new advance, any particular foreign team or further equipment activity. The Ambassador still describes heavy equipment as planned, so the sources do not confirm that the excavator or other heavy machinery reached or operated at Chilime. The approximately 100 m wording is an already-explored extent, not a new same-day increment; it cannot be added to the prior approximately 100 m movement or treated as resolving the Army's approximately 150 m reach report. None of the sources identifies Crisis Response International or confirms that its planned acoustic-equipment deployment occurred. No contact, sign of life, evacuation, recovery or rescue outcome is reported.","annotation":"Official continued-work update · ≈100 m restated; heavy equipment still pending","facts":[["Foreign Ministry status","As of 14:15 NPT"],["Joint operation","Indian technical team with Nepali rescue teams / Nepali Army"],["Reported action","Chilime powerhouse-tunnel excavation and exploration continuing"],["Reported explored extent","≈100 m; not stated as a new increment"],["Equipment already in use","Specialized equipment; type not identified"],["Excavator or heavy equipment","Being sent or planned; arrival and use not confirmed"],["Conditions","Swamp-like ground and difficult terrain"],["Later Army status","Joint search-and-rescue team including foreign personnel still active as of 19:00 NPT"],["CRI listening-equipment deployment","Not confirmed"],["Contact or rescue outcome","Not reported"]],"claims":[{"text":"Nepal's Foreign Ministry said that, as of its 14:15 briefing status, Indian and Nepali rescue teams were continuing operations at Chilime with necessary equipment and that an excavator was being sent to assist.","source_ids":["src-nepal-mofa-sixth-briefing-chilime-2026-09-03"],"confidence":"official_plan"},{"text":"After visiting the technical team stationed in Syabrubesi near Chilime, India's Ambassador said excavation of the Chilime powerhouse tunnel was continuing and that the Indian technical team and Nepali Army had explored approximately 100 m using specialized equipment.","source_ids":["src-indian-ambassador-chilime-site-visit-2026-09-03"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"The Ambassador said the teams planned to bring in heavy equipment to advance farther and that he observed swamp-like ground and difficult terrain in which the teams were making progress.","source_ids":["src-indian-ambassador-chilime-site-visit-2026-09-03"],"confidence":"official_plan"},{"text":"The Ambassador's two videos show the visiting group with rescue personnel at a rough-hewn tunnel entrance, while one photograph shows a rescuer on a small float in a dark, waterlogged and muddy tunnel; none of the media establishes the reported approximately 100 m position.","source_ids":["src-indian-ambassador-chilime-site-visit-2026-09-03"],"confidence":"official_visual_context"},{"text":"In its 19:00 multi-project status, the Nepali Army said a joint team including foreign personnel was continuing search-and-rescue work at Chilime Hydro.","source_ids":["src-nepali-army-facebook-multi-project-update-2026-09-03-1900"],"confidence":"official"}],"evidence":"The Foreign Ministry's primary briefing page supplies the 14:15 status and a 15:00 publication clock. The Ambassador's direct X post supplies an exact publication timestamp, a first-person site-visit account and four distinct attachments. The delegation photograph remains timeline-only because its exact location is unresolved. Two tunnel-entrance video posters and one waterlogged-tunnel photograph join one unresolved station-area map group; none exposes camera metadata, a capture clock, an exact tunnel or portal, a branch, chainage, camera position or a tie to the reported approximately 100 m extent. The Nepali Army's later direct Facebook post supplies a separable Chilime continuation statement through its 19:00 status, but its publication time is only a coarse relative-age window. All ten Army attachments were inspected and excluded from the Chilime gallery and map because the multi-project post provides no attachment-to-site mapping. OnlineKhabar and Pardafas repeat the Ambassador's post, while Nepal Views and Ratopati repeat the Army statement; none is counted as independent corroboration of its respective primary source.","photo_count":4,"photo_label":"4 official media previews","photo_source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-chilime-site-visit-2026-09-03","photo_scope":"Four direct X attachments document the site visit and tunnel work. The valley/delegation photograph remains timeline-only; two tunnel-entrance video posters and one waterlogged-tunnel photograph join the combined unresolved station-area circle. No item establishes a capture time, exact tunnel, portal, branch, chainage, camera position, heavy-equipment arrival or rescue outcome.","preview_media_ids":["media-indian-ambassador-site-visit-2026-09-03-01","media-indian-ambassador-site-visit-2026-09-03-video-02","media-indian-ambassador-site-visit-2026-09-03-video-03","media-indian-ambassador-site-visit-2026-09-03-04"],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-03T18:50:12+05:45","note":"Added the 3 September official continued-work and equipment-status update across Nepal's sixth Foreign Ministry briefing and the Indian Ambassador's site-visit post; treated the approximately 100 m as a non-cumulative restatement, retained excavator and heavy equipment as uncompleted plans, did not infer CRI acoustic deployment or a rescue outcome, archived four distinct media previews, kept the unlocated valley scene timeline-only and grouped three tunnel visuals at unresolved station-area precision."},{"revision":2,"at":"2026-09-03T23:21:17+05:45","note":"Merged the Nepali Army's later 19:00 status confirmation into the existing 3 September continued-work event; recorded only that a joint team including foreign personnel remained active, added no distance, equipment, acoustic, contact or outcome claim, and excluded all ten unlabeled multi-project attachments from the Chilime gallery and 3D map."}],"reading_order":35},{"id":"evt-chcl-sludge-removal-foot-trail-2026-09-03","sequence":36,"group_date":"2026-09-03","phase":"Sludge removal and rope-access work","title":"CHCL reports Army sludge removal and rope-access work toward the powerhouse-side landslide","short":"Army clears sludge and extends rope access","reader":{"title":"Army removes sludge and advances a rope-access route","summary":"CHCL said Army personnel removed tunnel sludge and extended rope access. Its next bulletin said five mud pumps and rescuers were flown in and about 25 m of material was cleared inside.","limit":"The 25 m has no stated origin or baseline and is not added to reported tunnel-reach figures; no contact or rescue outcome is reported."},"occurred_at":{"from":"2026-09-03","to":null,"precision":"date_only","display":"3 Sep · individual operation times not stated"},"reported_at":"2026-09-03","reported_at_source_id":"src-official-2026-09-03","reported_at_basis":"The official notice page and attached owner bulletin identify 3 September 2026 / 2083-05-18 but expose no publication clock. The bulletin's use of “today” supports the date of the reported work, not individual action times. Server file metadata is retained only as file metadata and is not promoted to a publication or operation clock.","updated_at":"2026-09-05T17:01:01+05:45","verification":"official","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"In its owner bulletin dated 3 September, Chilime Hydropower Company said 14 Nepali Army personnel removed sludge from the tunnel. It separately said eight Army personnel worked on a foot trail and, using ropes, descended approximately 30 m of steep terrain to the old road and reached the landslide toward the powerhouse. CHCL's following bulletin, dated 4 September, reported that five mud pumps, other equipment and additional rescuers had been flown to the powerhouse portal on 3 September and that ten company personnel with Nepali and Indian Army personnel cleared approximately 25 m inside using a mud pump.","meaning":"The owner reports add specific 3 September assignments and confirm delivery and use of mud pumps, but do not establish whether the reported personnel groups were distinct. The approximately 30 m describes downhill rope access, while the approximately 25 m describes material cleared inside without a stated measurement origin or baseline; neither is surveyed chainage, and the 25 m is not added to any reported tunnel-reach figure. The Ambassador statement in the first bulletin corroborates the already recorded 3 September visit. Neither owner bulletin confirms that a tunnel excavator or other heavy excavation machinery arrived or operated inside, identifies an exact tunnel or route position, or reports contact, a sign of life, evacuation, recovery or rescue outcome.","annotation":"Official owner update · sludge removal and rope access; outcome unchanged","facts":[["Tunnel-sludge task","14 Nepali Army personnel reported"],["Foot-trail task","Eight Nepali Army personnel reported; groups may overlap"],["Rope-access route","≈30 m down steep terrain to the old road and toward the powerhouse-side landslide"],["Airlifted on 3 Sep","Five mud pumps, other unspecified equipment and additional rescuers"],["Pump-assisted clearing","≈25 m reported by CHCL with attribution to the Indian Army team leader; origin and baseline not stated"],["Tunnel advance","The ≈30 m slope distance is not tunnel chainage; the ≈25 m cleared section is not added to reach figures"],["Ambassador inspection","Owner corroboration of the already recorded 3 September Syafru visit"],["Excavator or heavy equipment","Arrival and use not confirmed"],["Contact or rescue outcome","Not reported"]],"claims":[{"text":"CHCL reported that 14 Nepali Army personnel removed sludge from the tunnel on 3 September; it did not provide an individual operation clock or identify an exact tunnel position.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-03"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"CHCL separately reported that eight Army personnel worked on a foot trail and used ropes to descend approximately 30 m of steep terrain to the old road and reach the landslide toward the powerhouse.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-03"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"The 14-person and eight-person counts are not treated as additive because the bulletin does not say whether the assignments involved distinct or overlapping personnel, and the approximately 30 m is not treated as tunnel penetration or surveyed chainage.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-03"],"confidence":"editorial_limit"},{"text":"CHCL also reported that the Indian Ambassador inspected Syafru and instructed the Indian team to expedite rescue work; this is treated as owner corroboration of the already recorded 3 September visit, not a separate visit event.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-03","src-indian-ambassador-chilime-site-visit-2026-09-03"],"confidence":"official_corroborated"},{"text":"CHCL's following bulletin reported that five mud pumps, other unspecified equipment and additional rescuers were flown to the powerhouse portal on 3 September.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-04"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"The same bulletin said ten company personnel together with Nepali and Indian Army personnel cleared approximately 25 m inside using a mud pump; CHCL attributes the distance to the Indian Army team leader.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-04"],"confidence":"official_attributed"},{"text":"The approximately 25 m is retained as a cleared section with an unstated origin and baseline, not as an additive tunnel advance, total reach or surveyed chainage.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-04"],"confidence":"editorial_limit"},{"text":"Two embedded owner-bulletin photographs show rope-equipped personnel on steep rocky terrain, but their individual captions, capture times, exact locations and relationship to the stated route are unresolved.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-03"],"confidence":"official_visual_context"}],"evidence":"The official CHCL notice pages and archived owner publications supply date-only reports. The 3 September PDF provides the initial assignments and three embedded photographs. The 4 September composite supplies the later account of 3 September pump delivery and clearing, but its seven panels have no individual captions, camera times, geolocation or defensible station-component placement and are excluded from the public gallery and 3D map. The 3 September bulletin's Ambassador statement shares the same underlying visit already documented by the Ambassador's direct X post.","photo_count":2,"photo_label":"2 owner-bulletin media previews","photo_source_id":"src-official-2026-09-03","photo_scope":"The first and third embedded photographs provide only unlocated rope-access context and remain timeline-only. The uncaptioned helicopter-and-stretcher image remains in the archived source but is excluded from the public gallery. None establishes a capture time, exact route, tunnel, portal, branch, chainage, camera position, employee identity or rescue outcome.","preview_media_ids":["media-official-update-2026-09-03-01","media-official-update-2026-09-03-03"],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-04T00:39:32+05:45","note":"Added CHCL's date-only 3 September owner update covering 14 Army personnel removing tunnel sludge and eight working a foot trail with an approximately 30 m rope descent; did not add the personnel counts, convert the slope distance into tunnel progress, promote heavy equipment to active, duplicate the Ambassador visit or infer contact or an outcome. Archived the original PDF, added two unlocated rope-work images as timeline-only evidence and excluded the uncaptioned helicopter-and-stretcher image from the public gallery and map."},{"revision":2,"at":"2026-09-05T17:01:01+05:45","note":"Added CHCL's following date-only bulletin as support for 3 September pump delivery and work: five mud pumps, other unspecified equipment and additional rescuers were flown to the powerhouse portal, and an Indian-Army-team-leader-attributed approximately 25 m section was cleared with a mud pump. Kept the 25 m origin and baseline unresolved, did not add it to tunnel-reach figures, did not promote the tunnel excavator to arrived or active, and excluded all seven uncaptained composite panels from the gallery and map."}],"reading_order":36},{"id":"evt-army-overnight-outlet-tunnel-weather-2026-09-04","sequence":37,"group_date":"2026-09-04","phase":"Weather-forced overnight stay in outlet-tunnel area","title":"Adverse weather keeps a 14-member Army team overnight inside the Chilime outlet tunnel","short":"Army team stays overnight in tunnel","reader":{"title":"Weather keeps Army team overnight inside tunnel","summary":"A Home-Ministry-attributed report said 14 Nepali Army rescuers remained inside Chilime's outlet tunnel overnight after adverse weather prevented their return.","limit":"The exact hours, later exit and relationship to the 3 September team are not reported; this adds no tunnel advance, contact or rescue outcome."},"occurred_at":{"from":"2026-09-03","to":"2026-09-04","precision":"range","display":"Night of 3–4 Sep · exact hours not stated"},"reported_at":"2026-09-04T07:55:00+05:45","reported_at_source_id":"src-himalpress-chilime-army-overnight-2026-09-04","reported_at_basis":"Himal Press visibly published the Home-Ministry-attributed report at 07:55 NPT on 4 September 2026. The article's references to “last night” and Gorkhapatra's reference to Thursday night support an overnight range spanning 3–4 September, but neither source supplies an entry, weather-change, return-attempt, overnight-stay or later-exit clock.","updated_at":"2026-09-04T12:22:43+05:45","verification":"single_source","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"Himal Press reported, with explicit attribution to Nepal's Home Ministry, that a 14-member Nepali Army team assigned to rescue work in the Chilime Hydropower Project's outlet-tunnel area could not return outside because of adverse weather and had to remain inside overnight. Gorkhapatra published substantially the same account for Thursday night.","meaning":"The report establishes a weather-related overnight operational constraint for an Army team at Chilime, not a rescue result or new measured progress. Because the sources do not say whether these were the same 14 Army personnel whom CHCL reported removing tunnel sludge on 3 September, the count is not added as a separate team. The original Home Ministry publication was not located, and Gorkhapatra appears to share the same underlying account and image, so the two pages are one government-attributed origin rather than independent corroboration. Neither source reports when the team later exited.","annotation":"Home-Ministry-attributed report · adverse weather forces overnight tunnel stay","facts":[["Reported team","14 Nepali Army personnel"],["Assigned area","Chilime outlet-tunnel area"],["Overnight reason","Adverse weather prevented return outside"],["Occurrence clock","Thursday night into 4 Sep; exact hours not stated"],["Relationship to 3 Sep team","Unresolved; not counted as an additional 14"],["Later exit","Not reported"],["Tunnel advance or acoustic result","Not reported"],["Contact or rescue outcome","Not reported"]],"claims":[{"text":"Himal Press reports, with explicit attribution to Nepal's Home Ministry, that a 14-member Nepali Army team assigned to the Chilime outlet-tunnel rescue area remained inside overnight because adverse weather prevented its return outside.","source_ids":["src-himalpress-chilime-army-overnight-2026-09-04"],"confidence":"government_attributed_single_newsroom"},{"text":"Gorkhapatra separately publishes the same Thursday-night account, but its wording and image indicate the same underlying origin rather than independent field corroboration.","source_ids":["src-gorkhapatra-chilime-army-overnight-2026-09-04","src-himalpress-chilime-army-overnight-2026-09-04"],"confidence":"single_origin_republished"},{"text":"The 14-person report is not treated as an additional team because neither source distinguishes it from the 14 Army personnel whom CHCL reported working on 3 September.","source_ids":["src-himalpress-chilime-army-overnight-2026-09-04","src-official-2026-09-03"],"confidence":"editorial_limit"},{"text":"The attached newsroom images show the same underlying scene of helmeted people resting in a rough-walled tunnel, but expose no capture time, precise tunnel location or independent visual proof of Chilime.","source_ids":["src-himalpress-chilime-army-overnight-2026-09-04","src-gorkhapatra-chilime-army-overnight-2026-09-04"],"confidence":"single_origin_visual_context"}],"evidence":"Himal Press supplies the exact 07:55 NPT publication clock and explicitly attributes the operational account to Nepal's Home Ministry. Gorkhapatra supplies date-only same-origin support but no separate reporting basis. An original inspectable ministry post was not located. Both pages attach the same underlying tunnel-rest scene: the full two-panel Himal Press collage is archived as one timeline-only image, while Gorkhapatra's central crop with blurred side padding is retained by direct URL in the source audit and excluded as a duplicate. Neither image exposes a caption, credit, capture time, geolocation, exact tunnel section, branch, chainage or camera position, so no 3D map pin is added.","photo_count":1,"photo_label":"1 same-origin newsroom image","photo_source_id":"src-himalpress-chilime-army-overnight-2026-09-04","photo_scope":"The archived two-panel collage provides only article-level outlet-tunnel context. It does not independently establish Chilime, the overnight interval, an exact tunnel section, branch, chainage, camera position, tunnel advance, contact or rescue outcome. Gorkhapatra's derivative is not counted twice, and no image is placed on the 3D map.","preview_media_ids":["media-army-overnight-tunnel-2026-09-04-01"],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-04T12:22:43+05:45","note":"Added the Home-Ministry-attributed overnight-weather event for the Chilime outlet-tunnel area; treated Himal Press and Gorkhapatra as one underlying origin, did not add the reported 14 people as a separate team, preserved the unknown operation and later-exit clocks, inferred no tunnel advance, acoustic result, contact or outcome, archived one same-origin newsroom image as timeline-only evidence and added no 3D map pin."}],"reading_order":37},{"id":"evt-chilime-pump-assisted-return-100m-2026-09-04","sequence":38,"group_date":"2026-09-04","phase":"Pump-assisted sludge removal and return to approximately 100 m","title":"Joint team removes sludge and again reaches approximately 100 m inside","short":"Pump work restores access to about 100 m","reader":{"title":"Pump work restores access to about 100 m","summary":"The Army said a joint team used a generator and mud pump to remove sludge and, by 19:00 NPT, again reached approximately 100 m inside the Chilime tunnel.","limit":"“Again reached” indicates restored access, not an additional 100 m or a new maximum; no contact or rescue outcome was reported."},"occurred_at":{"from":null,"to":"2026-09-04T19:00:00+05:45","precision":"range","display":"By 4 Sep · 19:00 NPT (individual action times not stated)"},"reported_at":"2026-09-04T19:37:44+05:45","reported_at_source_id":"src-nepali-army-facebook-multi-project-update-2026-09-04-1900","reported_at_basis":"The Nepali Army bulletin is explicitly a status through 19:00 NPT on 4 September 2026. Facebook public metadata exposes creation time 1788529964, equivalent to 19:37:44 NPT, which is stored as the report publication time rather than the time of an individual clearing action. The earlier Army post supplies a separate 15:00 status and 16:17:32 publication clock; the Ambassador's following-day post describes 4 September work without an operation clock.","updated_at":"2026-09-08T02:28:31+05:45","verification":"official_corroborated","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"reported_distance_m":{"from":100,"to":100,"reference":"described as again reaching approximately 100 m inside; measurement origin and relation to earlier reach reports not stated","precision":"approximate"},"summary":"In its 15:00 status, the Nepali Army said a joint team including foreign personnel was using a generator and mud pump to remove sludge at Chilime. Its 19:00 status said that work allowed the team to again reach approximately 100 m inside. India's Ambassador later described the 4 September operation as digging deeper while draining water.","meaning":"This is a meaningful resumption and access-restoration report after sludge and water removal. The Army's Nepali wording says the team again reached approximately 100 m, so the figure is not treated as an additional 100 m, a new maximum, surveyed chainage or proof that earlier approximately 100 m and 150 m reports used the same entrance or origin. The source does not identify the exact tunnel, portal, branch, cleared volume or conditions beyond the reached point, and none of the sources reports employee contact, a sign of life, evacuation, recovery or rescue outcome.","annotation":"Official Army status · pump-assisted clearing restores reported access to ≈100 m","facts":[["15:00 status","Generator and mud pump being used to remove sludge"],["19:00 status","Joint team reported to have again reached ≈100 m inside"],["Distance treatment","Restored reach, not +100 m or a new maximum"],["Measurement origin","Not stated"],["Exact tunnel, branch or chainage","Not established"],["Contact or rescue outcome","Not reported"]],"claims":[{"text":"The Nepali Army's official 15:00 status said a joint team including foreign personnel was using a generator and mud pump to remove sludge at Chilime Hydro.","source_ids":["src-nepali-army-facebook-multi-project-update-2026-09-04-1500"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"The Army's official 19:00 status said the joint team removed sludge with a generator and mud pump and again reached approximately 100 m inside.","source_ids":["src-nepali-army-facebook-multi-project-update-2026-09-04-1900"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"India's Ambassador reported the following morning that the Indian tunnel-rescue team and Nepali Army had dug deeper into the Chilime tunnel on 4 September while draining water.","source_ids":["src-indian-ambassador-chilime-drainage-track-2026-09-05"],"confidence":"official_corroborated"},{"text":"The approximately 100 m is a restored-reach statement with an unstated origin, not an additive increment, a new maximum or surveyed chainage.","source_ids":["src-nepali-army-facebook-multi-project-update-2026-09-04-1900"],"confidence":"editorial_limit"},{"text":"A later Radio Nepal / RSS retrospective dated 7 September reports approximately 100 m access into the Chilime main tunnel. This is separately attributed reporting, not a new measured advance or confirmation of present passability.","source_ids":["src-radio-nepal-rss-chilime-access-2026-09-07"],"confidence":"single_wire_origin"}],"evidence":"The two official Nepali Army Facebook posts provide explicit 15:00 and 19:00 Chilime status lines within wider multi-project bulletins. All five earlier-post and nine later-post attachments were inspected and excluded because neither post maps individual attachments to Chilime. The Ambassador's direct X post independently identifies the Chilime operation on 4 September; its two tunnel video posters are archived as unlocated timeline evidence. Neither poster exposes a capture time, exact tunnel, portal, branch, chainage or camera position, and no 3D map pin is added.","photo_count":2,"photo_label":"2 official tunnel-video previews","photo_source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-chilime-drainage-track-2026-09-05","photo_scope":"Two platform-provided posters document the source's stated Chilime drainage operation but expose no capture time, exact tunnel, portal, branch, chainage or camera position. They remain timeline-only, are not pinned to the reported approximately 100 m point and do not establish contact or an outcome.","preview_media_ids":["media-indian-ambassador-drainage-2026-09-05-video-01","media-indian-ambassador-drainage-2026-09-05-video-02"],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-05T17:01:01+05:45","note":"Added the Army's 15:00 generator-and-mud-pump status and 19:00 restored-reach report as one 4 September operational event, corroborated by the Ambassador's following-day drainage account. Interpreted ‘again reached approximately 100 m’ as restored access rather than additive progress or a new maximum, kept origin, tunnel and chainage unresolved, archived two official tunnel-video posters as timeline-only evidence, excluded fourteen unassigned Army attachments and added no 3D map pin or employee-status change."},{"revision":2,"at":"2026-09-07T18:36:05+05:45","note":"Restored this primary Army approximately 100 m restored-reach report as the depth-area anchor. It remains approximate reported access, not surveyed chainage or measured excavation; the unverified secondary 170 m claim is not used for placement."},{"revision":3,"at":"2026-09-08T02:28:31+05:45","note":"Added the later date-only Radio Nepal / RSS account as supporting context. Retained the original Army occurrence and report clocks, approximately 100 m distance and map anchor; did not adopt unreconciled historical dates, elevations or occupancy claims."}],"reading_order":38},{"id":"evt-chilime-access-route-equipment-status-2026-09-04","sequence":39,"group_date":"2026-09-04","phase":"Partial access-route clearing while tunnel excavator remains unavailable","title":"Route toward the powerhouse is partly cleared while heavier tunnel equipment remains pending","short":"Access route advances; tunnel excavator pending","reader":{"title":"Access route advances; tunnel excavator still pending","summary":"CHCL reported about 250 m of route cleared toward the powerhouse. A temporary track was still being made, while the planned tunnel excavator had not reached the site.","limit":"The exact road segment and completion state are unresolved; surface-loader imagery does not establish excavator arrival or use inside the tunnel."},"occurred_at":{"from":"2026-09-04","to":null,"precision":"date_only","display":"4 Sep · individual route-work and equipment-status times not stated"},"reported_at":"2026-09-05T07:15:40+05:45","reported_at_source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-chilime-drainage-track-2026-09-05","reported_at_basis":"CHCL's 4 September owner bulletin supplies a date but no publication or individual-work clock. Kantipur's structured metadata gives 17:07:10 on 4 September without an offset; it is treated as the Nepal publisher's local NPT publication clock, not the equipment-status observation time. The Ambassador's X identifier resolves to 01:30:40.182Z on 5 September, equivalent to 07:15:40.182 NPT; the post's ‘yesterday’ wording dates the described track work to 4 September without an operation clock.","updated_at":"2026-09-05T17:01:01+05:45","verification":"official_corroborated","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"CHCL reported that a dozer was used to make or clear a route from Syafru Ghumti Bazaar toward the powerhouse and that approximately 250 m had been cleared. In a same-day interview, CHCL managing director Baburaja Maharjan said only a pump had reached the site and a dismantled three-ton excavator at Battar had not. India's Ambassador later said a temporary track was being made to allow more heavy equipment to reach the tunnel.","meaning":"Together, the sources establish partial surface access-route work and continued preparation for heavier equipment, not a completed road or heavy-machine deployment inside the tunnel. The CHCL bulletin's dozer and the Ambassador's loader photograph are not treated as the planned three-ton tunnel excavator. The exact route segment, start and end points, width, completion state, machinery identity, tunnel portal and camera position remain unresolved. The reports do not establish employee contact, a sign of life, evacuation, recovery or rescue outcome.","annotation":"Owner and diplomatic reports · ≈250 m route clearing; tunnel excavator still pending","facts":[["Reported route","Syafru Ghumti Bazaar toward the powerhouse"],["Reported clearing","≈250 m; exact segment and endpoints not stated"],["Temporary track","Still being made for heavier equipment"],["Pump delivery","Confirmed by the named CHCL managing director"],["Three-ton tunnel excavator","At Battar and not delivered at the time of the interview"],["Surface dozer or loader","Reported and pictured; not equated with the tunnel excavator"],["Contact or rescue outcome","Not reported"]],"claims":[{"text":"CHCL's official 4 September bulletin said a dozer was used to make or clear a route from Syafru Ghumti Bazaar toward the powerhouse and that approximately 250 m of road had been cleared.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-04"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"Kantipur directly quotes CHCL managing director Baburaja Maharjan saying only a pump had reached the site and that a dismantled three-ton excavator staged at Battar had not been delivered.","source_ids":["src-kantipur-chilime-equipment-access-2026-09-04"],"confidence":"named_company_source"},{"text":"India's Ambassador reported on 5 September that a temporary track had been under construction on 4 September so that more heavy equipment could reach the Chilime tunnel.","source_ids":["src-indian-ambassador-chilime-drainage-track-2026-09-05"],"confidence":"official_corroborated"},{"text":"The reported surface dozer or loader does not establish that the planned three-ton tunnel excavator or other heavy excavation machinery reached or operated at or inside the tunnel.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-04","src-kantipur-chilime-equipment-access-2026-09-04","src-indian-ambassador-chilime-drainage-track-2026-09-05"],"confidence":"editorial_limit"}],"evidence":"CHCL's date-only owner bulletin supplies the approximately 250 m claim and identifies the direction of route work; its seven-panel composite is archived as source evidence but excluded from the gallery and map because no panel has a caption, capture time or defensible route placement. Kantipur supplies a named, time-specific publication of Maharjan's equipment-status interview. The Ambassador's direct X post corroborates ongoing track construction; its loader photograph is archived as unlocated timeline evidence. The exact road segment, camera location and relationship between pictured and reported machines remain unresolved, so no route or event-photo pin is added.","photo_count":1,"photo_label":"1 official route-work photograph","photo_source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-chilime-drainage-track-2026-09-05","photo_scope":"The photograph is consistent with the reported temporary-track work but has no capture time, geolocation, surveyed route limits, station component or camera position. It remains timeline-only and does not establish route completion or heavy-equipment arrival at or inside the tunnel.","preview_media_ids":["media-indian-ambassador-track-2026-09-05-photo-04"],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-05T17:01:01+05:45","note":"Added a separate 4 September access-and-equipment event from CHCL, a named managing-director interview and the Ambassador's following-day post. Preserved the approximately 250 m as an unsurveyed route-clearing claim, kept the temporary track incomplete, distinguished the visible surface dozer or loader from the undelivered three-ton tunnel excavator, archived one route-work photograph as timeline-only evidence and added no map pin or rescue-outcome inference."}],"reading_order":39},{"id":"evt-chilime-roof-debris-access-report-2026-09-05","sequence":40,"reading_order":40,"group_date":"2026-09-05","phase":"Official access and equipment update","title":"Debris near the roof; access road under construction","short":"Debris near the roof; access road under construction","reader":{"title":"Debris near the roof; access road under construction","summary":"The ambassador reported debris close to the interior roof and continuing mud and water removal. An access road was being built to bring an excavator to the site.","limit":"The debris extent and exact tunnel section are unresolved. Road completion and excavator arrival were not confirmed."},"occurred_at":{"from":"2026-09-05","to":null,"precision":"date_only","display":"5 Sep · individual operation times not stated"},"reported_at":"2026-09-05T16:39:38+05:45","reported_at_source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-chilime-obstruction-2026-09-05","reported_at_basis":"The original X post exposes DOM time 2026-09-05T10:54:38.000Z, equivalent to 16:39:38 NPT. This is publication time; individual operation and capture clocks are not exposed.","updated_at":"2026-09-06T23:32:16+05:45","verification":"official","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"Ambassador report of continued Chilime mud, water and debris removal with debris close to the roof in the interior, and ongoing road construction from Syafrubesi towards the portal for future excavator access.","meaning":"The extent of the near-roof debris or that all tunnel sections are filled; a penetration distance or new maximum; road completion or excavator arrival or use; identical capture times or locations across attachments. An exact operation or capture clock, tunnel branch, portal, surveyed chainage, employee position or condition, contact, a sign of life, evacuation, recovery or rescue outcome.","annotation":"Debris near the roof; access road under construction","facts":[["Interior debris","Reported close to roof; extent unknown"],["Road","Under construction"],["Excavator access","Intended; arrival unconfirmed"]],"claims":[{"text":"The Ambassador reported continued removal of debris, water and mud at Chilime, describing debris close to the roof in the interior.","source_ids":["src-indian-ambassador-chilime-obstruction-2026-09-05"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"The Ambassador reported an access road under construction from Syafrubesi towards the portal to allow an excavator to reach the site; difficult terrain and a narrow valley limited heavy helicopter use.","source_ids":["src-indian-ambassador-chilime-obstruction-2026-09-05"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"The reported clearance and road construction were intended to permit future heavy machinery access, not confirmation of completed access or machinery deployment.","source_ids":["src-indian-ambassador-chilime-obstruction-2026-09-05"],"confidence":"planned"}],"evidence":"Original source and each attachment reviewed directly during the research pass. Added the missing exact publication-time report with date-only operations, preserved near-roof debris and future machinery-access limits, archived three distinct timeline images and excluded one pixel-identical same-origin video poster. No map pin.","photo_count":3,"photo_label":"3 distinct official photos or video stills","photo_scope":"Timeline-only images; exact locations and capture clocks unresolved. No 3D map pin. One repeated video poster is excluded and retained only in its original evidence record.","preview_media_ids":["media-indian-ambassador-obstruction-2026-09-05-video-01","media-indian-ambassador-obstruction-2026-09-05-photo-03","media-indian-ambassador-obstruction-2026-09-05-photo-04"],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-06T23:32:16+05:45","note":"Added the missing exact publication-time report with date-only operations, preserved near-roof debris and future machinery-access limits, archived three distinct timeline images and excluded one pixel-identical same-origin video poster. No map pin."}],"photo_source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-chilime-obstruction-2026-09-05"},{"id":"evt-chcl-specialist-equipment-arrangements-2026-09-05","sequence":41,"reading_order":41,"group_date":"2026-09-05","phase":"Official access and equipment update","title":"CHCL dispatches specialists and arranges more equipment","short":"CHCL dispatches specialists and arranges more equipment","reader":{"title":"CHCL dispatches specialists and arranges more equipment","summary":"CHCL sent specialists with a drone and fans to Syafrubesi and arranged a generator and two mud pumps. Delivery to Trishuli was planned for the next morning.","limit":"Dispatch and arrangements do not confirm arrival or use. Nearly complete bazaar road clearing does not establish complete access to the powerhouse."},"occurred_at":{"from":"2026-09-05","to":null,"precision":"date_only","display":"5 Sep · individual operation times not stated"},"reported_at":"2026-09-05","reported_at_source_id":"src-official-2026-09-05","reported_at_basis":"The owner notice page and original text bulletin are dated 2083/05/20, verified as 5 September 2026. No publication clock is exposed; the next-morning Trishuli delivery is a plan for 6 September, not an occurrence timestamp.","updated_at":"2026-09-06T23:32:16+05:45","verification":"official","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"Owner report of specialists with drone and fans sent to Syafrubesi, generator and two mud pumps arranged with next-morning delivery to Trishuli planned, nearly complete bazaar road clearing, and requested assistance for powerhouse access.","meaning":"Arrival or use of the specialists, drone, fans, generator, pumps or requested explosives; completed access to the powerhouse; delivery or identity of the previously planned three-ton excavator. An exact operation or capture clock, tunnel branch, portal, surveyed chainage, employee position or condition, contact, a sign of life, evacuation, recovery or rescue outcome.","annotation":"CHCL dispatches specialists and arranges more equipment","facts":[["Specialists","Sent to Syafrubesi; arrival unconfirmed"],["Generator and pumps","Arranged; Trishuli delivery planned for 6 Sep morning"],["Bazaar road","Nearly cleared"],["Explosives","Requested, not confirmed delivered or used"]],"claims":[{"text":"CHCL reported sending a specialist team with a drone and fans to Syafrubesi; arrival and use were not confirmed.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-05"],"confidence":"planned"},{"text":"CHCL arranged one generator and two mud pumps, planning delivery to Trishuli by the following morning, 6 September.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-05"],"confidence":"planned"},{"text":"CHCL reported nearly complete road clearing in Syafrubesi bazaar.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-05"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"CHCL discussed rescue work at a board meeting and requested assistance, including explosives for powerhouse access, through NEA.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-05"],"confidence":"planned"}],"evidence":"Original source and each attachment reviewed directly during the research pass. Added a separate date-only owner logistics bulletin. Retained dispatch, requests and next-morning delivery as plans; distinguished nearly complete bazaar road clearing from complete station access; archived the text document without a gallery photo.","photo_count":0,"photo_label":"0 incident photographs","photo_scope":"The text-only owner bulletin is archived as source evidence, not a rescue photograph.","preview_media_ids":[],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-06T23:32:16+05:45","note":"Added a separate date-only owner logistics bulletin. Retained dispatch, requests and next-morning delivery as plans; distinguished nearly complete bazaar road clearing from complete station access; archived the text document without a gallery photo."}]},{"id":"evt-chilime-surface-road-rope-access-2026-09-06","sequence":42,"reading_order":42,"group_date":"2026-09-06","phase":"Official access and equipment update","title":"About 950 m of surface road cleared; rope access started","short":"About 950 m of surface road cleared; rope access started","reader":{"title":"About 950 m of surface road cleared; rope access started","summary":"The ambassador reported about 950 m of temporary road cleared towards the tunnel. Teams were establishing rope access from Syafrubesi while manual rescue work continued.","limit":"950 m refers to surface road, not tunnel penetration. Road and rope access were not confirmed complete; endpoints and camera positions remain unresolved."},"occurred_at":{"from":"2026-09-06","to":null,"precision":"date_only","display":"6 Sep · individual operation times not stated"},"reported_at":"2026-09-06T17:27:35+05:45","reported_at_source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-chilime-road-rope-2026-09-06","reported_at_basis":"The original X post exposes DOM time 2026-09-06T11:42:35.000Z, equivalent to 17:27:35 NPT. This is publication time; individual operation and capture clocks are not exposed.","updated_at":"2026-09-06T23:32:16+05:45","verification":"official","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"Ambassador report of approximately 950 m of temporary surface road cleared towards Chilime tunnel, rope connectivity being established from Syafrubesi, and continuing manual work amid difficult access and debris.","meaning":"Underground advance: approximately 950 m refers to surface road, not tunnel penetration. It is not added to the earlier 250 m and does not establish common endpoints, surveyed length, completed road or rope access, or equipment delivery. An exact operation or capture clock, tunnel branch, portal, surveyed chainage, employee position or condition, contact, a sign of life, evacuation, recovery or rescue outcome.","annotation":"About 950 m of surface road cleared; rope access started","facts":[["Surface road clearing","≈950 m; endpoints not stated"],["Rope access","Being established"],["Tunnel advance","No distance reported"]],"claims":[{"text":"The Ambassador reported approximately 950 m of temporary surface road cleared towards the Chilime tunnel.","source_ids":["src-indian-ambassador-chilime-road-rope-2026-09-06"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"Teams had started establishing rope connectivity from Syafrubesi towards the tunnel for more personnel.","source_ids":["src-indian-ambassador-chilime-road-rope-2026-09-06"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"The joint team continued manual work amid slush, heavy debris and limited access.","source_ids":["src-indian-ambassador-chilime-road-rope-2026-09-06"],"confidence":"official"}],"evidence":"Original source and each attachment reviewed directly during the research pass. Added the exact publication-time surface-road and rope-access report. Preserved approximately 950 m as unsurveyed surface-road clearing, not underground advance or an increment to the earlier 250 m. Archived three timeline-only images without map pins.","photo_count":3,"photo_label":"3 distinct official photos or video stills","photo_scope":"Timeline-only images; exact locations and capture clocks unresolved. No 3D map pin. ","preview_media_ids":["media-indian-ambassador-access-2026-09-06-video-01","media-indian-ambassador-access-2026-09-06-video-02","media-indian-ambassador-access-2026-09-06-photo-03"],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-06T23:32:16+05:45","note":"Added the exact publication-time surface-road and rope-access report. Preserved approximately 950 m as unsurveyed surface-road clearing, not underground advance or an increment to the earlier 250 m. Archived three timeline-only images without map pins."}],"photo_source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-chilime-road-rope-2026-09-06"},{"id":"evt-chilime-mini-excavator-sludge-removal-2026-09-06","sequence":43,"reading_order":43,"group_date":"2026-09-06","phase":"Official access and equipment update","title":"Army reports mini excavator and mud pump in use","short":"Army reports mini excavator and mud pump in use","reader":{"title":"Army reports mini excavator and mud pump in use","summary":"The Army reported sludge removal using a mini excavator and mud pump. An excavator flown to Syafrubesi was being moved towards the tunnel area.","limit":"The machine identities and exact operating location remain unresolved. Onward transport does not establish arrival inside the tunnel or contact with employees."},"occurred_at":{"from":null,"to":"2026-09-06T19:00:00+05:45","precision":"range","display":"By 6 Sep · 19:00 NPT (individual operation times not stated)"},"reported_at":"2026-09-06","reported_at_source_id":"src-nepali-army-facebook-multi-project-update-2026-09-06-1900","reported_at_basis":"The original Facebook post visibly displayed 3h during a capture between 23:27 and 23:29 NPT on 6 September 2026. A conservatively rounded 19:27–20:29 NPT publication window preserves the relative age without inventing an exact instant. The separate heading gives operational status through 19:00 NPT, not publication time.","updated_at":"2026-09-06T23:32:16+05:45","verification":"official","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"The Chilime-specific official bullet reports joint-team sludge removal using a mini excavator and mud pump; it separately reports an excavator sling-delivered to Syafrubesi with onward movement to the tunnel area ongoing by the 19:00 status bound.","meaning":"Whether the mini excavator and sling-delivered excavator are the same machine or the previously planned three-ton machine; arrival of the sling-delivered excavator at or inside the tunnel; equipment specifications, underground placement, new advance distance or Chilime attribution of individual multi-project attachments. An exact operation or capture clock, tunnel branch, portal, surveyed chainage, employee position or condition, contact, a sign of life, evacuation, recovery or rescue outcome.","annotation":"Army reports mini excavator and mud pump in use","facts":[["Status bound","6 Sep, 19:00 NPT"],["Sludge removal","Mini excavator and mud pump reportedly used"],["Sling delivery","Excavator delivered to Syafrubesi"],["Onward transport","Towards tunnel area; ongoing"],["Machine identity","Not resolved"]],"claims":[{"text":"The Nepali Army reported that the Chilime joint team, including foreign personnel, removed sludge with a mini excavator and mud pump by the September 6 19:00 status bound.","source_ids":["src-nepali-army-facebook-multi-project-update-2026-09-06-1900"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"The Army separately reported an excavator sling-delivered by helicopter to Syafrubesi, with onward movement towards the tunnel area ongoing.","source_ids":["src-nepali-army-facebook-multi-project-update-2026-09-06-1900"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"The report does not establish whether the two excavator references concern the same machine or the previously planned three-ton excavator, or whether the sling-delivered machine reached the tunnel interior.","source_ids":["src-nepali-army-facebook-multi-project-update-2026-09-06-1900"],"confidence":"editorial_limit"}],"evidence":"Original source and each attachment reviewed directly during the research pass. Added official equipment-use status bounded by 19:00, with date-only publication and a separately recorded relative-age window. Kept machine identities and onward transport unresolved and excluded all ten unassigned multi-site attachments.","photo_count":0,"photo_label":"0 incident photographs","photo_scope":"Ten multi-project attachments lack individual Chilime attribution and are excluded.","preview_media_ids":[],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-06T23:32:16+05:45","note":"Added official equipment-use status bounded by 19:00, with date-only publication and a separately recorded relative-age window. Kept machine identities and onward transport unresolved and excluded all ten unassigned multi-site attachments."}],"reported_at_window":{"from":"2026-09-06T19:27:00+05:45","to":"2026-09-06T20:29:00+05:45","precision":"approximate","basis":"The original Facebook post visibly displayed 3h during a capture between 23:27 and 23:29 NPT on 6 September 2026. A conservatively rounded 19:27–20:29 NPT publication window preserves the relative age without inventing an exact instant. The separate heading gives operational status through 19:00 NPT, not publication time."}},{"id":"evt-chilime-ndrrma-attributed-170m-2026-09-05","sequence":44,"reading_order":44,"group_date":"2026-09-05","phase":"Attributed search-reach status","title":"Unverified 170 m search-reach claim in secondary summary","short":"Unverified 170 m claim in secondary summary","reader":{"title":"Unverified 170 m claim in secondary summary","summary":"RRN’s 5 September summary carries a 170 m search-reach figure for Chilime, attributed to NDRRMA and described as unchanged from 4 September.","limit":"The original NDRRMA bulletin was not verified. This 170 m claim is not used for map placement; the marker uses the Army’s approximately 100 m restored-reach report."},"occurred_at":{"from":null,"to":"2026-09-05T19:00:00+05:45","precision":"range","display":"Status through 5 Sep · 19:00 NPT; reach time unstated"},"reported_at":"2026-09-05","reported_at_source_id":"src-rrn-ndrrma-chilime-search-depth-2026-09-05","reported_at_basis":"The title and body identify 5 September 2026. No publication clock is exposed; 19:00 is the cited bulletin status bound, not a publication time.","updated_at":"2026-09-07T18:36:05+05:45","verification":"single_source","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"reported_distance_m":{"from":170,"to":170,"reference":"reported search reach; measurement origin and relationship to Army access-restoration figures unresolved","precision":"approximate"},"summary":"A secondary NGO summary of NDRRMA Situation Report #15 reports 170 m for Chilime through 5 September 19:00, repeating the prior day’s figure.","meaning":"Search reach is not measured excavation or surveyed chainage. The original NDRRMA bulletin was not retrieved; the figure is unreconciled with the Army’s 100 m return report. This is an attributed status report, not proof of a new advance on 5 or 6 September, cleared volume, a continuous passable route, or employee contact.","annotation":"Unverified secondary 170 m claim · excluded from marker placement","facts":[["Reported reach","170 m"],["Status bound","5 Sep, 19:00 NPT"],["Origin","RRN summary of NDRRMA SitRep #15"],["Change from prior day","Reported unchanged"],["Measurement and branch","Unresolved"]],"claims":[{"text":"RRN attributes a 170 m Chilime search reach to NDRRMA, unchanged from 4 September.","source_ids":["src-rrn-ndrrma-chilime-search-depth-2026-09-05"],"confidence":"single_origin_republished"},{"text":"The figure remains unreconciled with the Army’s report of again reaching approximately 100 m after pumping on 4 September.","source_ids":["src-rrn-ndrrma-chilime-search-depth-2026-09-05","src-nepali-army-facebook-multi-project-update-2026-09-04-1900"],"confidence":"editorial_limit"}],"evidence":"Reviewed the original RRN summary, which explicitly names Chilime and identifies NDRRMA Situation Report #15 and its status clock. The original government bulletin remains unavailable. The page’s decorative divider is excluded; no incident photograph is attached.","photo_count":0,"photo_label":"No incident photographs","photo_scope":"Text-only attributed distance report; no image is assigned to this reach.","preview_media_ids":[],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-07T10:06:11+05:45","note":"Added a separately attributed secondary status report after identifying its stated bulletin origin. Preserved date-only publication and unknown reach time. Selected 170 m only as illustrative reported-depth area context; retained conflicting accounts and historical photo placement."},{"revision":2,"at":"2026-09-07T18:36:05+05:45","note":"Corrected the earlier map selection: the unverified secondary 170 m claim does not justify moving the area. Restored the anchor to the Army’s 4 September approximately 100 m report and made the 170 m limitation explicit in reader copy."}]},{"id":"evt-chcl-portal-equipment-ropeway-survey-2026-09-06","sequence":45,"reading_order":45,"group_date":"2026-09-06","phase":"Access and equipment update","title":"CHCL confirms portal delivery and ropeway survey","short":"CHCL confirms portal delivery and ropeway survey","reader":{"title":"CHCL confirms portal delivery and ropeway survey","summary":"CHCL reported pumps and a 20 kVA generator delivered by helicopter to the powerhouse portal. A drone survey for ropeway access was complete; road clearing and joint sludge removal continued.","limit":"Portal delivery does not establish equipment use inside the tunnel. Road clearing is surface work; additional blasting equipment and permission were requested."},"occurred_at":{"to":null,"precision":"date_only","display":"Individual operation times not stated","from":"2026-09-06"},"reported_at":"2026-09-06","reported_at_source_id":"src-official-2026-09-06","reported_at_basis":"Owner notice and original bulletin dated 2083/05/21 (6 September 2026); no publication clock exposed.","updated_at":"2026-09-08T02:28:31+05:45","verification":"official","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"Owner reports helicopter delivery to the powerhouse portal of a 15 HP mud pump, a submersible sewage pump and a 20 kVA Kubota diesel generator; completed drone survey for a tuin ropeway; approximately 950 m of surface road cleared; joint sludge removal and rope-link work continuing. Additional blasting equipment and permission were requested.","meaning":"Portal delivery does not prove a particular underground operating point or successful pumping. The printed submersible-pump unit 7.5kQ is not normalized to kW. Surface road distance is not tunnel advance; blasting was requested in this bulletin. No new measured excavation distance, surveyed chainage, employee contact or rescue outcome is established. Tunnel branch, exact operating locations and capture times remain unresolved.","annotation":"CHCL confirms portal delivery and ropeway survey","facts":[],"claims":[{"text":"CHCL reported helicopter delivery to the powerhouse portal of a 15 HP mud pump, a submersible sewage pump and a 20 kVA Kubota diesel generator.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-06"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"A drone survey for a tuin ropeway was complete; CHCL sought coordination from the Infrastructure Development Office in Bidur.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-06"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"CHCL reported approximately 950 m of surface road cleared and continuing joint-team sludge removal and rope-link work.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-06"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"Additional equipment and permission for access-road rock blasting were requested; Army field personnel were mobilized for access work.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-06"],"confidence":"planned"}],"evidence":"Source and attachments inspected during the preceding research scans. Publication and occurrence clocks remain separate.","photo_count":0,"photo_label":"0 incident photographs","photo_scope":"Text-only owner PDF, archived as a source document; excluded from the gallery and map.","preview_media_ids":[],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-08T02:28:31+05:45","note":"Added the reviewed report as a separate event; retained attributed plans, timing and location limits."}]},{"id":"evt-dhakal-machine-transport-plan-2026-09-07","sequence":46,"reading_order":46,"group_date":"2026-09-07","phase":"Access and equipment update","title":"Machine prepared; transport to Chilime planned","short":"Machine prepared; transport to Chilime planned","reader":{"title":"Machine prepared; transport to Chilime planned","summary":"News reports attributed to Sagar Dhakal say a machine was prepared, with transport via Bidur planned for Monday night and arrival at Chilime expected Tuesday morning, 8 September.","limit":"Arrival and use remain unconfirmed. Conditional access estimates are not rescue deadlines or evidence of employee contact."},"occurred_at":{"to":null,"precision":"date_only","display":"Individual operation times not stated","from":"2026-09-07"},"reported_at":"2026-09-07","reported_at_source_id":"src-bizpati-dhakal-machine-plan-2026-09-07","reported_at_basis":"Visible date 7 September and clock 4:28 without an unambiguous AM/PM; retain date-only publication.","updated_at":"2026-09-08T02:28:31+05:45","verification":"planned","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"Bizpati attributes to Sagar Dhakal that a machine was prepared Monday afternoon, with transport to Bidur Monday night and Chilime Tuesday morning planned. Proposed Tuesday evening or Wednesday morning access was conditional.","meaning":"Original Dhakal social post was not recovered. This does not confirm arrival, equipment capabilities, use, or a rescue deadline. No new measured excavation distance, surveyed chainage, employee contact or rescue outcome is established. Tunnel branch, exact operating locations and capture times remain unresolved.","annotation":"Machine prepared; transport to Chilime planned","facts":[],"claims":[{"text":"Bizpati attributes machine preparation on Monday afternoon to Sagar Dhakal.","source_ids":["src-bizpati-dhakal-machine-plan-2026-09-07"],"confidence":"single_origin_republished"},{"text":"Transport to Bidur on Monday night and Chilime on Tuesday morning, 8 September, was planned.","source_ids":["src-bizpati-dhakal-machine-plan-2026-09-07","src-ratopati-dhakal-machine-plan-2026-09-07"],"confidence":"planned_single_origin_republished"}],"evidence":"Source and attachments inspected during the preceding research scans. Publication and occurrence clocks remain separate.","photo_count":1,"photo_label":"1 reviewed photos or video stills","photo_scope":"Timeline-only source context. Capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage and camera position are unresolved. No 3D map pin or equipment-identity inference. Newspaper collage; individual sites, original photographer and relationship to the proposed machine are unproven. It is not evidence of deployment.","preview_media_ids":["media-bizpati-machine-plan-2026-09-07"],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-08T02:28:31+05:45","note":"Added the reviewed report as a separate event; retained attributed plans, timing and location limits."}],"photo_source_id":"src-bizpati-dhakal-machine-plan-2026-09-07"},{"id":"evt-dix-chilime-site-assessment-report-2026-09-07","sequence":47,"reading_order":45,"group_date":"2026-09-07","phase":"Access and equipment update","title":"Dix reports joint-team site assessment","short":"Dix reports joint-team site assessment","reader":{"title":"Dix reports joint-team site assessment","summary":"Arnold Dix said he visited Chilime with the company CEO and joined Colonel Mehra and the rescue team to assess conditions and revise plans for reaching the underground powerhouse.","limit":"The visit time is unresolved. References to other rescues and the article’s unreconciled 41-person wording do not establish Chilime outcomes or change the employee roster."},"occurred_at":{"to":null,"precision":"sequence_only","display":"Assessment before reporting; site-visit date and clock unresolved","from":null},"reported_at":"2026-09-07","reported_at_source_id":"src-kathmandu-post-dix-assessment-2026-09-07","reported_at_basis":"Article dated 7 September, updated 09:24 NPT; initial publication clock not exposed. This date is not the site-assessment date.","updated_at":"2026-09-08T02:28:31+05:45","verification":"named_on_record_single_source","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"Dix says the Chilime CEO escorted him to the site, where he joined Colonel Parikshit Mehra and the joint rescue team to assess conditions and revise plans to reach the underground powerhouse.","meaning":"The article’s unreconciled 41-person Chilime wording is excluded; the original Dix reflection attributes 41 to Silkyara. The introductory two-men-rescued statement is not separately attributed to Chilime. Site-visit date and clock are unresolved. No new measured excavation distance, surveyed chainage, employee contact or rescue outcome is established. Tunnel branch, exact operating locations and capture times remain unresolved.","annotation":"Dix reports joint-team site assessment","facts":[],"claims":[{"text":"Dix says the Chilime CEO escorted him to the site, where he joined Colonel Parikshit Mehra and the joint rescue team to assess conditions and revise plans to reach the underground powerhouse.","source_ids":["src-arnold-dix-linkedin-chilime-assessment","src-kathmandu-post-dix-assessment-2026-09-07"],"confidence":"named_on_record_same_origin"}],"evidence":"Source and attachments inspected during the preceding research scans. Publication and occurrence clocks remain separate.","photo_count":1,"photo_label":"1 reviewed photos or video stills","photo_scope":"Timeline-only source context. Capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage and camera position are unresolved. No 3D map pin or equipment-identity inference. Original post supplies the durable playback reference. A representative aircraft-transit frame was inspected; full audiovisual content was not reviewed. Cover URL may expire.","preview_media_ids":["media-arnold-dix-assessment-video-poster-2026-09-07"],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-08T02:28:31+05:45","note":"Added the reviewed report as a separate event; retained attributed plans, timing and location limits."}],"photo_source_id":"src-arnold-dix-linkedin-chilime-assessment"},{"id":"evt-chilime-rope-connectivity-road-blasting-2026-09-07","sequence":48,"reading_order":47,"group_date":"2026-09-07","phase":"Access and equipment update","title":"Rope access achieved; road blasting advances","short":"Rope access achieved; road blasting advances","reader":{"title":"Rope access achieved; road blasting advances","summary":"The ambassador reported rope connectivity achieved for team entry, a large mud pump and generator brought in, and controlled rock blasting advancing the access road.","limit":"Road blasting does not establish a tunnel breakthrough. Equipment operating points, completed vehicle access and underground advance remain unresolved."},"occurred_at":{"to":"2026-09-07T17:07:43+05:45","precision":"range","display":"By the report; individual operation dates and clocks unstated","from":null},"reported_at":"2026-09-07T17:07:43+05:45","reported_at_source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-chilime-rope-complete-2026-09-07","reported_at_basis":"Original X DOM time 2026-09-07T11:22:43.000Z equals 17:07:43 NPT. Publication is not an operation or capture clock.","updated_at":"2026-09-08T02:28:31+05:45","verification":"official","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"The ambassador reports safety-rope connectivity achieved for team entry, a large mud pump and generator brought in, and controlled rock blasting advancing the access road.","meaning":"Controlled blasting concerns the access road, not a tunnel breakthrough. Completed vehicle access, equipment operating point and identities relative to other reports remain unconfirmed. No new measured excavation distance, surveyed chainage, employee contact or rescue outcome is established. Tunnel branch, exact operating locations and capture times remain unresolved.","annotation":"Rope access achieved; road blasting advances","facts":[],"claims":[{"text":"The ambassador reports safety-rope connectivity achieved for team entry, a large mud pump and generator brought in, and controlled rock blasting advancing the access road.","source_ids":["src-indian-ambassador-chilime-rope-complete-2026-09-07"],"confidence":"official"}],"evidence":"Source and attachments inspected during the preceding research scans. Publication and occurrence clocks remain separate.","photo_count":4,"photo_label":"4 reviewed photos or video stills","photo_scope":"Timeline-only source context. Capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage and camera position are unresolved. No 3D map pin or equipment-identity inference. ","preview_media_ids":["media-indian-ambassador-access-2026-09-07-video-01","media-indian-ambassador-access-2026-09-07-video-02","media-indian-ambassador-access-2026-09-07-photo-03","media-indian-ambassador-access-2026-09-07-photo-04"],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-08T02:28:31+05:45","note":"Added the reviewed report as a separate event; retained attributed plans, timing and location limits."}],"photo_source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-chilime-rope-complete-2026-09-07"},{"id":"evt-chilime-assembled-excavator-pipe-walkway-2026-09-07","sequence":49,"reading_order":48,"group_date":"2026-09-07","phase":"Access and equipment update","title":"Army reports assembled excavator use and pipe walkway","short":"Army reports assembled excavator use and pipe walkway","reader":{"title":"Army reports assembled excavator use and pipe walkway","summary":"The Army reported that sling-delivered equipment was assembled and used in the Chilime rescue. A walkable route was prepared using four large pipes, each six metres long.","limit":"Pipe lengths are not excavation distance. The operating location, machine identity and individual multi-site photo locations remain unresolved."},"occurred_at":{"to":"2026-09-07T18:00:00+05:45","precision":"range","display":"By 7 Sep · 18:00 NPT; individual operation clocks unstated","from":null},"reported_at":"2026-09-07","reported_at_source_id":"src-nepali-army-facebook-multi-project-update-2026-09-07-1800","reported_at_basis":"Original post displayed 3h during the 22:51–22:53 NPT inspection on 7 September. Conservative publication window 18:51–19:53 NPT; the 18:00 heading is an operational status bound, not publication time.","updated_at":"2026-09-08T02:28:31+05:45","verification":"official","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"The Chilime-specific Army bullet reports that a mini excavator and other equipment sling-delivered to Syafrubesi were assembled and used in search and rescue. The joint team prepared a walkable route using four large pipes, each six metres long.","meaning":"Four six-metre pipes do not establish a 24 m excavation advance or measured route length. Pipe alignment, precise equipment operating point and identity relative to the planned three-ton machine are unresolved. The separate 400 m figure concerns Upper Trishuli 1 and is excluded. No new measured excavation distance, surveyed chainage, employee contact or rescue outcome is established. Tunnel branch, exact operating locations and capture times remain unresolved.","annotation":"Army reports assembled excavator use and pipe walkway","facts":[],"claims":[{"text":"The Army reported the mini excavator and other equipment sling-delivered to Syafrubesi assembled and used in the Chilime search and rescue.","source_ids":["src-nepali-army-facebook-multi-project-update-2026-09-07-1800"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"The joint team prepared a walkable route using four large pipes, each six metres long.","source_ids":["src-nepali-army-facebook-multi-project-update-2026-09-07-1800"],"confidence":"official"}],"evidence":"Source and attachments inspected during the preceding research scans. Publication and occurrence clocks remain separate.","photo_count":0,"photo_label":"0 incident photographs","photo_scope":"All five multi-project attachments reviewed: three held pending individual Chilime attribution; relief and bridge photographs excluded. No map pin.","preview_media_ids":[],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-08T02:28:31+05:45","note":"Added the reviewed report as a separate event; retained attributed plans, timing and location limits."}],"reported_at_window":{"to":"2026-09-07T19:53:00+05:45","precision":"approximate","basis":"Original post displayed 3h during the 22:51–22:53 NPT inspection on 7 September. Conservative publication window 18:51–19:53 NPT; the 18:00 heading is an operational status bound, not publication time.","from":"2026-09-07T18:51:00+05:45"},"related_event_ids":["evt-chilime-mini-excavator-sludge-removal-2026-09-06"]},{"id":"evt-chcl-foot-track-pilot-rope-power-plan-2026-09-07","sequence":50,"reading_order":49,"group_date":"2026-09-07","phase":"Access and equipment update","title":"CHCL confirms foot track and pilot-rope access","short":"CHCL confirms foot track and pilot-rope access","reader":{"title":"CHCL confirms foot track and pilot-rope access","summary":"CHCL reported a foot track opened by rock blasting and pilot-rope access across the broken road. Joint sludge removal continued; more crews and equipment were sought, with power to the portal being arranged.","limit":"Vehicle access and an energized power connection are not confirmed. The owner reports no new excavation distance or employee contact."},"occurred_at":{"to":null,"precision":"date_only","display":"Individual operation times not stated","from":"2026-09-07"},"reported_at":"2026-09-07","reported_at_source_id":"src-official-2026-09-07","reported_at_basis":"Owner document dated 2083/05/22 and notice index dated 7 September. Newly visible in the 8 September approximately 02:16 NPT scan; no publication clock or exact upload time established.","updated_at":"2026-09-08T02:28:31+05:45","verification":"official","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"CHCL reports blasting hard rock at one access-road point to open a foot track, connecting the interrupted road by pilot rope for easier tunnel-area access without a helicopter, continuing surface road clearing and joint sludge removal, arranging further drilling/blasting resources, requesting manpower and seeking power from Dhunche to the powerhouse portal.","meaning":"A foot track and pilot-rope connection do not establish complete vehicle access. Electrical connection, extra manpower arrival and further drilling/blasting remain arrangements or requests. No new measured excavation distance, surveyed chainage, employee contact or rescue outcome is established. Tunnel branch, exact operating locations and capture times remain unresolved.","annotation":"CHCL confirms foot track and pilot-rope access","facts":[],"claims":[{"text":"Hard rock was blasted at one access-road location to open a foot track.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-07"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"A pilot rope connected the interrupted road, easing rescue-team access to the tunnel area without a helicopter.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-07"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"Surface road clearing from Syafrubesi towards the powerhouse and joint Nepali/Indian Army sludge removal continued.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-07"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"Additional machinery, drillers and blasters were arranged, more manpower requested, and electricity from the Dhunche area to the powerhouse portal was being sought.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-07"],"confidence":"planned"}],"evidence":"Source and attachments inspected during the preceding research scans. Publication and occurrence clocks remain separate.","photo_count":0,"photo_label":"0 incident photographs","photo_scope":"Text-only owner JPG bulletin, archived as a source document; excluded from the photo gallery and map.","preview_media_ids":[],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-08T02:28:31+05:45","note":"Added the reviewed report as a separate event; retained attributed plans, timing and location limits."}],"related_event_ids":["evt-chilime-rope-connectivity-road-blasting-2026-09-07"]},{"id":"evt-chilime-army-115m-winch-search-2026-09-08","sequence":52,"reading_order":53,"group_date":"2026-09-08","phase":"Access and search update","title":"Army reports 115 m search reach and winch use","short":"Army reports 115 m search reach and winch use","reader":{"title":"Army reports 115 m search reach and winch use","summary":"The Army’s 15:00 and 19:00 reports describe search to 115 m and winch-and-bucket debris removal. The later bulletin says nothing had been found in the section searched.","limit":"115 m is reported reach, not metres newly dug. The 90 m and 130 m accounts remain unreconciled; no employee contact or outcome is established."},"occurred_at":{"to":"2026-09-08T15:00:00+05:45","precision":"range","display":"By 8 Sep · 15:00 NPT; individual operation clocks unstated","from":null},"reported_at":"2026-09-08","reported_at_source_id":"src-nepali-army-chilime-115m-status-2026-09-08","reported_at_basis":"Original public post displayed 3h at approximately 19:17–19:19 NPT on 8 September. Conservative publication window 15:15–16:20 NPT; the bulletin heading 2083 Bhadra 23, 15:00 is a status bound, not publication time.","updated_at":"2026-09-09T01:34:51+05:45","verification":"official","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"The Chilime-specific bullet reports joint-team entry/search to 115 m, active debris removal using a winch machine and bucket, a walkable route using four 6 m pipes, and rock blasting on the heavy-equipment approach with 95 m remaining to a Major Rock. Its later 19:00 status repeats the same reach and says nothing had been found in the search described.","meaning":"The 115 m is reported search reach, not measured excavation or surveyed chainage; it does not establish 15 m newly dug since the prior 100 m account. The 95 m concerns approach-road work, not remaining tunnel distance. Equipment identity relative to Dhakal’s machine and road completion are unconfirmed. The Army 115 m, Maharjan 130 m and Neupane 90 m accounts on 8 September have unresolved observation times and measurement origins; they are not cumulative excavation distances. Capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage and camera position remain unresolved. Publication is not capture time. No employee contact, employee condition or rescue outcome is established. The later negative finding applies only to the section searched, not the whole station or beyond the blockage. CHCL’s date-only winch difficulty has no established sequence or equipment identity relative to the Army statements.","annotation":"Army reports 115 m search reach and winch use","facts":[],"claims":[{"text":"The joint team was entering/searching to 115 m by the Army’s 15:00 status bulletin.","source_ids":["src-nepali-army-chilime-115m-status-2026-09-08"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"A winch machine and bucket were being used to remove debris; four 6 m pipes formed a walkable route.","source_ids":["src-nepali-army-chilime-115m-status-2026-09-08"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"Rock blasting continued on the heavy-equipment approach, with 95 m remaining to a Major Rock in that road-access discussion; this is not underground remaining distance.","source_ids":["src-nepali-army-chilime-115m-status-2026-09-08"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"The Army’s 19:00 status repeats search to 115 m and ongoing winch/bucket work, adding that nothing had been found in the search described; this does not establish conditions beyond that searched section.","source_ids":["src-nepali-army-chilime-1900-status-2026-09-08"],"confidence":"official"}],"evidence":"Original public sources and all accessible attachments inspected in the 8 September 19:25 NPT research scan. Publication, status and capture clocks remain separate. See source-level media reviews for held and excluded items. The 19:00 statement was inspected in the overnight 8–9 September scan and added as a later status of the same ongoing search, preserving the original 15:00 report metadata.","photo_count":0,"photo_label":"0 incident photographs","photo_scope":"Six multi-site photographs reviewed: three held pending individual Chilime attribution and three regional-context items excluded. No gallery image or map pin. Seven later-bulletin attachments were also inspected: five regional bridge/medical images excluded and two held pending station attribution. None was imported.","preview_media_ids":[],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-08T19:32:52+05:45","note":"Added reviewed 8 September report with source attribution, separate clocks and unresolved distance/location limitations."},{"revision":2,"at":"2026-09-09T01:34:51+05:45","note":"Added the Army’s 19:00 status as a later source for the same 115 m search; confined nothing-found wording to the section searched. Preserved earlier report clocks and 100 m map anchor."}],"reported_at_window":{"to":"2026-09-08T16:20:00+05:45","precision":"approximate","basis":"Original public post displayed 3h at approximately 19:17–19:19 NPT on 8 September. Conservative publication window 15:15–16:20 NPT; the bulletin heading 2083 Bhadra 23, 15:00 is a status bound, not publication time.","from":"2026-09-08T15:15:00+05:45"},"reported_distance_m":{"to":115,"reference":"reported search reach; measurement origin, observation clock and relationship to other 8 September accounts unresolved","precision":"approximate","from":115},"related_event_ids":["evt-chilime-maharjan-130m-report-2026-09-08","evt-chilime-neupane-excavator-access-plan-2026-09-08"],"later_reports":[{"source_id":"src-nepali-army-chilime-1900-status-2026-09-08","status_at":"2026-09-08T19:00:00+05:45","reported_at":"2026-09-08","published_at_window":{"from":"2026-09-08T19:15:00+05:45","to":"2026-09-08T20:25:00+05:45","precision":"approximate","basis":"Public post displayed 5h around 9 September 01:20 NPT; conservative publication window 8 September 19:15–20:25 NPT. The printed 2083 Bhadra 23, 1900 is a status bound, not publication time."},"basis":"Public post displayed 5h around 9 September 01:20 NPT; conservative publication window 8 September 19:15–20:25 NPT. The printed 2083 Bhadra 23, 1900 is a status bound, not publication time."}]},{"id":"evt-chilime-hdpe-clearance-track-2026-09-08","sequence":53,"reading_order":55,"group_date":"2026-09-08","phase":"Access and search update","title":"HDPE pipes support tunnel movement; clearance continues","short":"HDPE pipes support tunnel movement; clearance continues","reader":{"title":"HDPE pipes support tunnel movement; clearance continues","summary":"The ambassador reports HDPE pipes supporting movement in the sloping tunnel, continued manual mud and debris clearance, and controlled blasting on the approach track.","limit":"Heavy-machinery access is still being prepared. No completed vehicle route, new distance, breakthrough or employee outcome is established."},"occurred_at":{"to":"2026-09-08T17:50:15+05:45","precision":"range","display":"By reporting; individual operation date and clock unstated","from":null},"reported_at":"2026-09-08T17:50:15+05:45","reported_at_source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-chilime-hdpe-clearance-2026-09-08","reported_at_basis":"Original X DOM datetime 2026-09-08T12:05:15.000Z equals 17:50:15 NPT; publication is not an operation or capture clock.","updated_at":"2026-09-08T19:32:52+05:45","verification":"official","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"The ambassador reports continued joint Indian/Nepali manual mud and debris clearance, HDPE pipes supporting movement in the sloping tunnel, and controlled blasting on the temporary approach track intended for heavy machinery access.","meaning":"Does not confirm completed vehicle access, heavy machinery arrival inside the tunnel, new distance or breakthrough. Capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage and camera position remain unresolved. Publication is not capture time. No employee contact, employee condition or rescue outcome is established.","annotation":"HDPE pipes support tunnel movement; clearance continues","facts":[],"claims":[{"text":"The ambassador reports continued joint Indian/Nepali manual mud and debris clearance, HDPE pipes supporting movement in the sloping tunnel, and controlled blasting on the temporary approach track intended for heavy machinery access.","source_ids":["src-indian-ambassador-chilime-hdpe-clearance-2026-09-08"],"confidence":"official"}],"evidence":"Original public sources and all accessible attachments inspected in the 8 September 19:25 NPT research scan. Publication, status and capture clocks remain separate. See source-level media reviews for held and excluded items.","photo_count":4,"photo_label":"4 reviewed photos or video stills","photo_scope":"Timeline-only. Capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage and camera position remain unresolved. Publication is not capture time. Video items are platform posters; no new map pin or outcome inference.","preview_media_ids":["media-chilime-september-8-2026-01-video-poster","media-chilime-september-8-2026-02-video-poster","media-chilime-september-8-2026-03","media-chilime-september-8-2026-04"],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-08T19:32:52+05:45","note":"Added reviewed 8 September report with source attribution, separate clocks and unresolved distance/location limitations."}],"photo_source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-chilime-hdpe-clearance-2026-09-08","related_event_ids":["evt-chilime-army-115m-winch-search-2026-09-08","evt-chilime-assembled-excavator-pipe-walkway-2026-09-07"]},{"id":"evt-chilime-maharjan-130m-report-2026-09-08","sequence":54,"reading_order":52,"group_date":"2026-09-08","phase":"Access and search update","title":"Maharjan reports about 130 m; distances remain unresolved","short":"Maharjan reports about 130 m; distances remain unresolved","reader":{"title":"Maharjan reports about 130 m; distances remain unresolved","summary":"Baahrakhari quotes CHCL managing director Baburaja Maharjan reporting approximately 130 m reached inside a 250 m tunnel.","limit":"The observation time and measurement origin are unclear. This differs from the Army’s 115 m and Neupane’s 90 m; it does not change the map marker."},"occurred_at":{"to":"2026-09-08T09:59:00+05:45","precision":"range","display":"By reporting; individual operation date and clock unstated","from":null},"reported_at":"2026-09-08T09:59:00+05:45","reported_at_source_id":"src-baahrakhari-maharjan-130m-2026-09-08","reported_at_basis":"Visible 8 September 2026, 09:59 NPT article publication clock; seconds not exposed and represented as 00. Observation clock not supplied.","updated_at":"2026-09-08T19:32:52+05:45","verification":"named_on_record_single_source","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"CHCL managing director Baburaja Maharjan is quoted describing approximately 130 m reached inside a 250 m tunnel. Access and weather constraints limit working time.","meaning":"The Army 115 m, Maharjan 130 m and Neupane 90 m accounts on 8 September have unresolved observation times and measurement origins; they are not cumulative excavation distances. The lead image is explicitly a file photograph. Conditional completion expectations do not establish a deadline. No surveyed chainage or excavation quantity is established. No employee contact, employee condition or rescue outcome is established.","annotation":"Maharjan reports about 130 m; distances remain unresolved","facts":[],"claims":[{"text":"CHCL managing director Baburaja Maharjan is quoted describing approximately 130 m reached inside a 250 m tunnel. Access and weather constraints limit working time.","source_ids":["src-baahrakhari-maharjan-130m-2026-09-08"],"confidence":"named_on_record_single_source"}],"evidence":"Original public sources and all accessible attachments inspected in the 8 September 19:25 NPT research scan. Publication, status and capture clocks remain separate. See source-level media reviews for held and excluded items.","photo_count":0,"photo_label":"0 incident photographs","photo_scope":"No qualifying incident image added from this source.","preview_media_ids":[],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-08T19:32:52+05:45","note":"Added reviewed 8 September report with source attribution, separate clocks and unresolved distance/location limitations."}],"reported_distance_m":{"to":130,"reference":"reported search reach; measurement origin, observation clock and relationship to other 8 September accounts unresolved","precision":"approximate","from":130},"related_event_ids":["evt-chilime-army-115m-winch-search-2026-09-08","evt-chilime-neupane-excavator-access-plan-2026-09-08"]},{"id":"evt-chilime-neupane-excavator-access-plan-2026-09-08","sequence":55,"reading_order":54,"group_date":"2026-09-08","phase":"Access and search update","title":"Wednesday target for excavator access remains a plan","short":"Wednesday target for excavator access remains a plan","reader":{"title":"Wednesday target for excavator access remains a plan","summary":"Reports attributed to Shriram Neupane describe about 90 m reached and a Wednesday, 9 September target for an excavator access route.","limit":"ABC and Clickmandu share one apparent account. Access and deployment remain planned; distance and conditional refuge claims are unresolved."},"occurred_at":{"to":"2026-09-08T17:46:00+05:45","precision":"range","display":"By reporting; individual operation date and clock unstated","from":null},"reported_at":"2026-09-08T17:46:00+05:45","reported_at_source_id":"src-abc-neupane-access-plan-2026-09-08","reported_at_basis":"Visible 8 September 2026, 17:46 NPT article clock; seconds not exposed and represented as 00. The original Facebook post time and operational observation clock are unresolved.","updated_at":"2026-09-08T19:32:52+05:45","verification":"planned","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"Newsroom reporting attributed to engineer/MP Shriram Neupane describes approximately 90 m reached and a Wednesday, 9 September target for an excavator access route.","meaning":"The Army 115 m, Maharjan 130 m and Neupane 90 m accounts on 8 September have unresolved observation times and measurement origins; they are not cumulative excavation distances. The original Neupane social permalink was not recovered. Approximately 200 m ahead has an unresolved reference and is not added to 90 m. Excavator access remains planned; machine identity relative to earlier reports is unconfirmed. Conditional refuge-space and provisions hypotheses do not establish current voids, occupancy, supplies or survival. No employee contact, employee condition or rescue outcome is established.","annotation":"Wednesday target for excavator access remains a plan","facts":[],"claims":[{"text":"ABC and Clickmandu attribute approximately 90 m reached to Shriram Neupane; this conflicts with other 8 September reach accounts.","source_ids":["src-abc-neupane-access-plan-2026-09-08","src-clickmandu-neupane-access-plan-2026-09-08"],"confidence":"single_origin_republished"},{"text":"An excavator access route was targeted for Wednesday, 9 September; readiness and equipment arrival were not confirmed.","source_ids":["src-abc-neupane-access-plan-2026-09-08","src-clickmandu-neupane-access-plan-2026-09-08"],"confidence":"planned_single_origin_republished"}],"evidence":"Original public sources and all accessible attachments inspected in the 8 September 19:25 NPT research scan. Publication, status and capture clocks remain separate. See source-level media reviews for held and excluded items.","photo_count":0,"photo_label":"0 incident photographs","photo_scope":"No qualifying incident image added from this source.","preview_media_ids":[],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-08T19:32:52+05:45","note":"Added reviewed 8 September report with source attribution, separate clocks and unresolved distance/location limitations."}],"reported_distance_m":{"to":90,"reference":"reported search reach; measurement origin, observation clock and relationship to other 8 September accounts unresolved","precision":"approximate","from":90},"related_event_ids":["evt-chilime-army-115m-winch-search-2026-09-08","evt-chilime-maharjan-130m-report-2026-09-08"]},{"id":"evt-chilime-helicopter-reel-2026-09-08","sequence":56,"reading_order":51,"group_date":"2026-09-08","phase":"Access and search update","title":"New Chilime-captioned helicopter footage shared","short":"New Chilime-captioned helicopter footage shared","reader":{"title":"New Chilime-captioned helicopter footage shared","summary":"Victor Paudel’s public reel, shared by Bimal Khadka, shows a red helicopter beside a rock face and people near a rock opening.","limit":"The capture time is unknown. The footage does not confirm cargo, equipment delivery, digging distance, employee contact or a rescue outcome."},"occurred_at":{"to":null,"precision":"sequence_only","display":"Capture date and clock unresolved; original reel dated 8 September","from":null},"reported_at":"2026-09-08","reported_at_source_id":"src-victor-paudel-chilime-helicopter-reel-2026-09-08","reported_at_basis":"Original shared reel card visibly dated 8 September; exact publication and capture clocks not exposed.","updated_at":"2026-09-08T19:32:52+05:45","verification":"single_source","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"A public reel explicitly captioned as Chilime tunnel rescue shows a red helicopter beside a steep rock face and people near a rock opening in a representative frame.","meaning":"Representative still only; complete audiovisual content was not reviewed. No sling cargo, equipment specification, delivery completion, depth or precise camera location is established. Capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage and camera position remain unresolved. Publication is not capture time. No employee contact, employee condition or rescue outcome is established.","annotation":"New Chilime-captioned helicopter footage shared","facts":[],"claims":[{"text":"Victor Paudel published a Chilime-captioned helicopter reel; Bimal Khadka shared the same original video.","source_ids":["src-victor-paudel-chilime-helicopter-reel-2026-09-08","src-bimal-chilime-helicopter-repost-2026-09-08"],"confidence":"single_origin_republished"}],"evidence":"Original public sources and all accessible attachments inspected in the 8 September 19:25 NPT research scan. Publication, status and capture clocks remain separate. See source-level media reviews for held and excluded items.","photo_count":1,"photo_label":"1 reviewed photos or video stills","photo_scope":"Timeline-only. Capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage and camera position remain unresolved. Publication is not capture time. Video items are platform posters; no new map pin or outcome inference.","preview_media_ids":["media-chilime-september-8-2026-victor-video-poster"],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-08T19:32:52+05:45","note":"Added reviewed 8 September report with source attribution, separate clocks and unresolved distance/location limitations."}],"photo_source_id":"src-victor-paudel-chilime-helicopter-reel-2026-09-08"},{"id":"evt-chcl-pipes-transformer-winch-2026-09-08","sequence":57,"reading_order":57,"group_date":"2026-09-08","phase":"Access and equipment update","title":"CHCL reports pipes, transformer and winch difficulty","short":"CHCL reports pipes, transformer and winch difficulty","reader":{"title":"CHCL reports pipes, transformer and winch difficulty","summary":"CHCL reports additional tunnel pipes and a charged transformer, while the powerhouse power connection remains in progress. Rope access increased manpower; the installed winch encountered technical problems.","limit":"The winch problem’s timing and resolution are unknown. Night work is conditional on weather; no new reach or employee contact is established."},"occurred_at":{"from":"2026-09-08","to":null,"precision":"date_only","display":"Reported activities on 8 September; individual operation clocks unstated"},"reported_at":"2026-09-08","reported_at_source_id":"src-official-2026-09-08","reported_at_basis":"Printed 2083/05/23 and live notice date 8 September 2026; no publication clock. The actual PDF was inspected in the overnight 8–9 September scan. PDF creation metadata is not publication or occurrence time.","updated_at":"2026-09-09T01:34:51+05:45","verification":"official","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"CHCL reports continued sludge removal using a pontoon and winch, with hanging-rope access allowing some additional manpower. Road clearance and construction between Syafrubesi and the powerhouse continued using an excavator and explosives; required gabion mesh was arranged. Work to bring Dhunche-side electricity to the powerhouse continued, and the transformer had been charged. Additional Hume pipes were installed inside the tunnel. The installed winch for pulling mud and debris encountered technical problems; the bulletin does not state their resolution. Night work would continue if weather permitted.","meaning":"The transformer is charged but completion of the powerhouse electricity connection is not confirmed. Winch-problem duration, resolution and sequence relative to the Army report are unknown. Hume pipes are not assumed identical to the HDPE or four 6 m pipes in other accounts. Night work is conditional. No new powerhouse entry, excavation distance, employee contact or rescue outcome is established.","annotation":"CHCL reports pipes, transformer and winch difficulty","facts":[],"claims":[{"text":"CHCL reports continued sludge removal using a pontoon and winch, with hanging-rope access allowing some additional manpower.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-08"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"Road clearance and construction between Syafrubesi and the powerhouse continued using an excavator and explosives; required gabion mesh was arranged.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-08"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"Work to bring Dhunche-side electricity to the powerhouse continued, and the transformer had been charged.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-08"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"Additional Hume pipes were installed inside the tunnel.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-08"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"The installed winch for pulling mud and debris encountered technical problems; the bulletin does not state their resolution.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-08"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"Night work would continue if weather permitted.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-08"],"confidence":"planned"}],"evidence":"Original source and all accessible attachments inspected in the overnight 8–9 September research scan. Publication, status and capture clocks remain separate. See source-level media reviews.","photo_count":6,"photo_label":"6 reviewed photographs or video stills","photo_scope":"Timeline-only source context. Individual capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage, station component and camera position remain unresolved. Publication is not capture time. No new map pin, measured advance, employee contact or rescue outcome is established.","preview_media_ids":["media-chcl-update-2026-09-08-01","media-chcl-update-2026-09-08-02","media-chcl-update-2026-09-08-03","media-chcl-update-2026-09-08-04","media-chcl-update-2026-09-08-05","media-chcl-update-2026-09-08-06"],"photo_source_id":"src-official-2026-09-08","revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-09T01:34:51+05:45","note":"Added reviewed evening report and timeline-only media with separate clocks and no map or depth change."}]},{"id":"evt-chilime-dix-coordination-2026-09-08","sequence":58,"reading_order":56,"group_date":"2026-09-08","phase":"Access and equipment update","title":"Dix reports onsite coordination and an NEA briefing","short":"Dix reports onsite coordination and an NEA briefing","reader":{"title":"Dix reports onsite coordination and an NEA briefing","summary":"Dix reports Sagar Dhakal onsite with the joint rescue effort and an emergency briefing at a meeting chaired by NEA managing director Dirghayu Kumar Shrestha.","limit":"This does not confirm Dhakal’s machine arrived, any new tunnel advance or employee contact. Video capture time and location are unknown."},"occurred_at":{"from":"2026-09-08","to":null,"precision":"date_only","display":"Reported activities on 8 September; individual operation clocks unstated"},"reported_at":"2026-09-08T19:40:46+05:45","reported_at_source_id":"src-arnold-dix-chilime-coordination-2026-09-08","reported_at_basis":"Original X post DOM time 2026-09-08T13:55:46.000Z, equal to 19:40:46 NPT; rendered Sydney time 23:55 on 8 September. Individual visit and briefing clocks were not stated.","updated_at":"2026-09-09T01:34:51+05:45","verification":"named_on_record_single_source","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"Dix reports joint Nepali and Indian rescue services onsite, Sagar Dhakal on the ground, and an emergency briefing he attended at a meeting chaired by NEA managing director Dirghayu Kumar Shrestha.","meaning":"A first-person account, not independent confirmation from each named organization. No machine arrival or deployment, new distance, powerhouse entry, employee contact or outcome is confirmed. The post’s 110% language is rhetorical commitment, not progress. Video capture time and location are unknown; full audiovisual content was not reviewed.","annotation":"Dix reports onsite coordination and an NEA briefing","facts":[],"claims":[{"text":"Dix reports joint Nepali and Indian rescue services onsite, Sagar Dhakal on the ground, and an emergency briefing he attended at a meeting chaired by NEA managing director Dirghayu Kumar Shrestha.","source_ids":["src-arnold-dix-chilime-coordination-2026-09-08"],"confidence":"named_on_record_single_source"}],"evidence":"Original source and all accessible attachments inspected in the overnight 8–9 September research scan. Publication, status and capture clocks remain separate. See source-level media reviews.","photo_count":1,"photo_label":"1 reviewed photographs or video stills","photo_scope":"Timeline-only source context. Individual capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage, station component and camera position remain unresolved. Publication is not capture time. No new map pin, measured advance, employee contact or rescue outcome is established.","preview_media_ids":["media-dix-coordination-2026-09-08-video-poster"],"photo_source_id":"src-arnold-dix-chilime-coordination-2026-09-08","revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-09T01:34:51+05:45","note":"Added reviewed evening report and timeline-only media with separate clocks and no map or depth change."}]},{"id":"evt-chilime-neupane-access-plan-2026-09-09","sequence":59,"reading_order":59,"group_date":"2026-09-09","phase":"Access and search update","title":"Excavator-access target moves to 9–10 September","short":"Excavator-access target moves to 9–10 September","reader":{"title":"Excavator-access target moves to 9–10 September","summary":"Neupane says excavator delays constrained progress and expects access that evening or the following day. His three-day rescue-completion expectation remains conditional.","limit":"The forecast does not confirm equipment arrival, tunnel entry or a rescue deadline. The earlier target remains in the log."},"occurred_at":{"from":null,"to":"2026-09-09T17:42:00+05:45","precision":"range","display":"Onsite remarks reported 9 September; exact interview time unstated"},"reported_at":"2026-09-09T17:42:00+05:45","reported_at_source_id":"src-onlinekhabar-neupane-access-plan-2026-09-09","reported_at_basis":"Visible 2083 Bhadra 24 / 9 September 2026, 17:42 NPT article publication clock; seconds not exposed and represented as 00. Exact interview time unknown.","updated_at":"2026-09-10T00:14:46+05:45","verification":"planned","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"OnlineKhabar attributes to Shree Ram Neupane that excavator-delivery delays had constrained progress. Neupane expected temporary-road access and excavator entry that evening or the next day, 9–10 September; arrival and entry were not confirmed. Neupane expressed confidence in completing the rescue work within three days; this is an attributed expectation, not a confirmed deadline or outcome.","meaning":"Forecasts remain conditional. The article does not confirm excavator delivery or tunnel entry, completed access, a reliable rescue-completion deadline, employee contact or outcome. Exact interview and operational observation clocks are unknown. Keep the previous 9 September access target as historical reporting rather than silently replacing it.","annotation":"Excavator-access target moves to 9–10 September","facts":[],"claims":[{"text":"OnlineKhabar attributes to Shree Ram Neupane that excavator-delivery delays had constrained progress.","source_ids":["src-onlinekhabar-neupane-access-plan-2026-09-09"],"confidence":"named_on_record_single_source"},{"text":"Neupane expected temporary-road access and excavator entry that evening or the next day, 9–10 September; arrival and entry were not confirmed.","source_ids":["src-onlinekhabar-neupane-access-plan-2026-09-09"],"confidence":"planned"},{"text":"Neupane expressed confidence in completing the rescue work within three days; this is an attributed expectation, not a confirmed deadline or outcome.","source_ids":["src-onlinekhabar-neupane-access-plan-2026-09-09"],"confidence":"planned"}],"evidence":"Original source and all accessible attachments inspected during the 9–10 September NPT scan. Publication, status and capture clocks remain separate; see source-level media reviews.","photo_count":0,"photo_label":"0 incident photographs","photo_scope":"No qualifying incident image imported.","preview_media_ids":[],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-10T00:14:46+05:45","note":"Added reviewed 9 September report with attributed claims and separate clocks. Preserved the selected 100 m illustrative marker and existing photo map groups."}],"related_event_ids":["evt-chilime-neupane-excavator-access-plan-2026-09-08"]},{"id":"evt-chilime-army-140m-drone-search-2026-09-09","sequence":60,"reading_order":60,"group_date":"2026-09-09","phase":"Access and search update","title":"Army reports 140 m reach and a separate drone search","short":"Army reports 140 m reach and a separate drone search","reader":{"title":"Army reports 140 m reach and a separate drone search","summary":"The Army’s 18:30 status reports joint-team entry/search to 140 m and a 40 m AVATA drone search that found nothing. Heavy-equipment approach work continues.","limit":"The drone distance has no stated starting point. Do not add it to 140 m or treat reach as newly dug distance; no employee contact is established."},"occurred_at":{"from":null,"to":"2026-09-09T18:30:00+05:45","precision":"range","display":"By 9 Sep · 18:30 NPT; individual operation clocks unstated"},"reported_at":"2026-09-09","reported_at_source_id":"src-nepali-army-chilime-1830-status-2026-09-09","reported_at_basis":"Bulletin explicitly dated 2083 Bhadra 24, 1830 (9 September 2026, 18:30 NPT). Exact post publication clock unresolved; 18:30 is a status bound. Attachment viewers displayed 4h around 10 September 00:04–00:08 NPT; their approximate publication window is stored separately and is not an exact parent-post clock.","updated_at":"2026-09-10T00:14:46+05:45","verification":"official","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"By the Army’s 18:30 status, the joint team including foreign participants had entered to 140 m and search work was continuing. The joint team searched 40 m using an AVATA drone and found nothing in that described drone search; its starting point is unstated. Heavy-equipment approach construction continued, with 50 m remaining to a rocky section requiring 25 m of blasting/removal; these are surface-access figures.","meaning":"140 m is reported entry/search reach, not metres newly dug or surveyed chainage. Do not subtract the earlier 115 m to claim 25 m newly excavated, or add the drone’s 40 m to claim 180 m. Branch, measurement origin and individual observation clocks remain unresolved; 170 m is not confirmed. The negative finding applies only to the described drone search. The 50 m and 25 m concern surface access, not remaining tunnel distance. No completed heavy-equipment arrival, employee contact or rescue outcome is established.","annotation":"Army reports 140 m reach and a separate drone search","facts":[],"claims":[{"text":"By the Army’s 18:30 status, the joint team including foreign participants had entered to 140 m and search work was continuing.","source_ids":["src-nepali-army-chilime-1830-status-2026-09-09"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"The joint team searched 40 m using an AVATA drone and found nothing in that described drone search; its starting point is unstated.","source_ids":["src-nepali-army-chilime-1830-status-2026-09-09"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"Heavy-equipment approach construction continued, with 50 m remaining to a rocky section requiring 25 m of blasting/removal; these are surface-access figures.","source_ids":["src-nepali-army-chilime-1830-status-2026-09-09"],"confidence":"official"}],"evidence":"Original source and all accessible attachments inspected during the 9–10 September NPT scan. Publication, status and capture clocks remain separate; see source-level media reviews.","photo_count":0,"photo_label":"0 incident photographs","photo_scope":"Ten multi-site attachments inspected: six photographs and four representative video stills. Three bridge items excluded; seven items held pending individual Chilime attribution. None imported or mapped.","preview_media_ids":[],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-10T00:14:46+05:45","note":"Added reviewed 9 September report with attributed claims and separate clocks. Preserved the selected 100 m illustrative marker and existing photo map groups."}],"reported_distance_m":{"from":140,"to":140,"precision":"approximate","reference":"reported entry/search reach; measurement origin, tunnel branch and individual observation clocks unresolved; not metres newly dug"},"related_event_ids":["evt-chilime-army-115m-winch-search-2026-09-08"]},{"id":"evt-chcl-road-pilot-wire-2026-09-09","sequence":61,"reading_order":61,"group_date":"2026-09-09","phase":"Access and search update","title":"CHCL reports 24-hour road work and a pilot wire","short":"CHCL reports 24-hour road work and a pilot wire","reader":{"title":"CHCL reports 24-hour road work and a pilot wire","summary":"CHCL reports round-the-clock access-road work and a pilot wire connected by drone for the electricity supply. Helicopter transport of ABC cable was arranged.","limit":"Cable delivery and the final electricity connection are unconfirmed. The bulletin gives no new dug distance or resolution of the earlier winch problem."},"occurred_at":{"from":"2026-09-09","to":null,"precision":"date_only","display":"Reported activities on 9 September; individual operation clocks unstated"},"reported_at":"2026-09-09","reported_at_source_id":"src-official-2026-09-09","reported_at_basis":"Printed 2083/05/24 and live notice date 9 September 2026; no publication clock. Individual action clocks are unstated; document date is not photo capture time.","updated_at":"2026-09-10T00:14:46+05:45","verification":"official","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"CHCL reports increased manpower for continuing powerhouse sludge removal. Round-the-clock work continued on the Syafrubesi–powerhouse portal road; additional operators and machine spare parts were arranged. A blasting team with materials was ready for required track clearance; completion of that blasting is not reported. A pilot wire was connected using a drone toward bringing Dhunche-side electricity to the powerhouse. Helicopter transport of ABC cable from Dhunche to Syafru was arranged; the bulletin does not confirm a completed flight or delivery.","meaning":"The pilot wire is preparatory work, not a confirmed energized powerhouse connection. Cable transport is arranged, not completed. Road completion, tunnel-excavator arrival and resolution of the previously reported winch problem remain unconfirmed. No newly achieved powerhouse entry, new dug distance, employee contact or rescue outcome is established. Photo capture times and individual locations are unknown.","annotation":"CHCL reports 24-hour road work and a pilot wire","facts":[],"claims":[{"text":"CHCL reports increased manpower for continuing powerhouse sludge removal.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-09"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"Round-the-clock work continued on the Syafrubesi–powerhouse portal road; additional operators and machine spare parts were arranged.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-09"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"A blasting team with materials was ready for required track clearance; completion of that blasting is not reported.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-09"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"A pilot wire was connected using a drone toward bringing Dhunche-side electricity to the powerhouse.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-09"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"Helicopter transport of ABC cable from Dhunche to Syafru was arranged; the bulletin does not confirm a completed flight or delivery.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-09"],"confidence":"planned"}],"evidence":"Original source and all accessible attachments inspected during the 9–10 September NPT scan. Publication, status and capture clocks remain separate; see source-level media reviews.","photo_count":6,"photo_label":"6 reviewed photographs","photo_scope":"Timeline-only source context. Individual capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage, station component and camera position remain unresolved. Publication is not capture time. No new map pin, measured advance, employee contact or rescue outcome is established.","preview_media_ids":["media-chcl-update-2026-09-09-01","media-chcl-update-2026-09-09-02","media-chcl-update-2026-09-09-03","media-chcl-update-2026-09-09-04","media-chcl-update-2026-09-09-05","media-chcl-update-2026-09-09-06"],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-10T00:14:46+05:45","note":"Added reviewed 9 September report with attributed claims and separate clocks. Preserved the selected 100 m illustrative marker and existing photo map groups."}],"photo_source_id":"src-official-2026-09-09","related_event_ids":["evt-chcl-pipes-transformer-winch-2026-09-08"]},{"id":"evt-chilime-bista-100m-clearance-2026-09-10","sequence":62,"reading_order":62,"group_date":"2026-09-10","phase":"Access and search update","title":"Station chief reports about 100 m of sludge cleared","short":"Station chief reports about 100 m of sludge cleared","reader":{"title":"Station chief reports about 100 m of sludge cleared","summary":"Station chief Manish Bista tells Bizpati that teams have cleared about 100 m of tunnel sludge. He hopes employee conditions may be known that evening if progress continues.","limit":"Clearance and earlier entry/search reach use unresolved references. The evening hope is conditional; no employee contact or new surveyed distance is confirmed."},"occurred_at":{"from":null,"to":null,"precision":"sequence_only","display":"Reported 10 September; individual observation clocks unstated"},"reported_at":"2026-09-10","reported_at_source_id":"src-bizpati-bista-100m-clearance-2026-09-10","reported_at_basis":"Visible Thursday 2083 Bhadra 25 (10 September 2026), displayed clock ७:२० (7:20) without an AM/PM designation. No explicit publication timestamp found in retrieved HTML. Date-only storage avoids inventing an exact instant; observation time is unstated.","updated_at":"2026-09-10T13:58:17+05:45","verification":"named_on_record_single_source","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"Bizpati quotes Chilime station chief Manish Bista that about 100 m of tunnel sludge has been cleared with Nepali Army and Indian-team help. Bista hopes that employee conditions may be known by the evening of 10 September if progress continues at the same pace; this is a conditional expectation.","meaning":"The approximately 100 m clearance account has an unstated measurement origin, branch and observation clock. It does not resolve the earlier 140 m entry/search account, establish 100 m newly dug today, validate surveyed chainage, or confirm 170 m. The article’s other layout distances do not establish remaining rescue distance. Employee location, number and survival are not independently confirmed; the evening expectation does not establish contact or a rescue deadline. The photograph has no capture date or precise location.","annotation":"Station chief reports about 100 m of sludge cleared","facts":[],"claims":[{"text":"Bizpati quotes Chilime station chief Manish Bista that about 100 m of tunnel sludge has been cleared with Nepali Army and Indian-team help.","source_ids":["src-bizpati-bista-100m-clearance-2026-09-10"],"confidence":"named_on_record_single_source"},{"text":"Bista hopes that employee conditions may be known by the evening of 10 September if progress continues at the same pace; this is a conditional expectation.","source_ids":["src-bizpati-bista-100m-clearance-2026-09-10"],"confidence":"planned"}],"evidence":"Original article and its lead photograph inspected; source metadata and same-origin limitations retained. Publication is separate from operational and photo capture clocks.","photo_count":1,"photo_label":"1 undated context photograph","photo_scope":"Timeline-only undated article context. Capture time, photographer, individual identity, exact location, station component, tunnel branch, chainage and camera position remain unresolved. Article publication is not capture time; this photograph does not document a measured advance or prove the reported machinery deployment. No map placement.","preview_media_ids":["media-bizpati-bista-context-2026-09-10"],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-10T13:58:17+05:45","note":"Added reviewed 10 September attributed report. Kept prior plans as historical records and preserved the selected 100 m marker and existing map-photo groups."}],"photo_source_id":"src-bizpati-bista-100m-clearance-2026-09-10","reported_distance_m":{"from":100,"to":100,"precision":"approximate","reference":"station-chief account of sludge clearance; measurement origin, branch and observation clock unresolved; not 100 m newly dug today or surveyed chainage"},"related_event_ids":["evt-chilime-army-140m-drone-search-2026-09-09","evt-chilime-pump-assisted-return-100m-2026-09-04"]},{"id":"evt-chilime-neupane-access-revision-2026-09-10","sequence":63,"reading_order":63,"group_date":"2026-09-10","phase":"Access and search update","title":"Extra excavators onsite; the access road remains short","short":"Extra excavators onsite; the access road remains short","reader":{"title":"Extra excavators onsite; the access road remains short","summary":"Neupane says the overnight tunnel-access plan was not achieved. He reports two additional excavators onsite and a road about 40 m short of the mouth, with manual removal and road work continuing.","limit":"Onsite arrival does not confirm tunnel entry. The 40 m concerns surface access; survival and safety hypotheses remain unverified."},"occurred_at":{"from":null,"to":"2026-09-10T08:01:21+05:45","precision":"range","display":"Reported by publication time; individual operation clocks unstated"},"reported_at":"2026-09-10T08:01:21+05:45","reported_at_source_id":"src-britant-neupane-access-revision-2026-09-10","reported_at_basis":"Visible 2083 Bhadra 25, 08:01 NPT. Original article:published_time and JSON-LD datePublished both give 2026-09-10T02:16:21+00:00, equivalent to 08:01:21 NPT. The article calls the account Thursday morning; individual operation clocks are unstated.","updated_at":"2026-09-10T13:58:17+05:45","verification":"named_on_record_single_source","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"Britant reproduces Shree Ram Neupane’s Thursday-morning account that the 9 September plan to reach the tunnel mouth and run excavator/wheel-loader sludge removal overnight did not happen: power-connection delay, landslide, mud and blasting-related work prevented the road from reaching the mouth. Neupane reports two additional excavators at the site on 10 September and an approach road about 40 m short of the tunnel mouth. Neupane reports continuing joint manual sludge removal, necessary blasting and access-road work.","meaning":"Site arrival is not tunnel-mouth arrival or excavator operation inside the tunnel. The approximately 40 m is a surface-road gap, not tunnel excavation, surveyed chainage or distance remaining to employees. Exact arrival and work clocks are unstated. Neupane’s survival, trapped-water and blasting-safety arguments remain unverified hypotheses; they do not establish employee condition or an independently approved safe operating method.","annotation":"Extra excavators onsite; the access road remains short","facts":[],"claims":[{"text":"Britant reproduces Shree Ram Neupane’s Thursday-morning account that the 9 September plan to reach the tunnel mouth and run excavator/wheel-loader sludge removal overnight did not happen: power-connection delay, landslide, mud and blasting-related work prevented the road from reaching the mouth.","source_ids":["src-britant-neupane-access-revision-2026-09-10"],"confidence":"named_on_record_single_source"},{"text":"Neupane reports two additional excavators at the site on 10 September and an approach road about 40 m short of the tunnel mouth.","source_ids":["src-britant-neupane-access-revision-2026-09-10"],"confidence":"named_on_record_single_source"},{"text":"Neupane reports continuing joint manual sludge removal, necessary blasting and access-road work.","source_ids":["src-britant-neupane-access-revision-2026-09-10"],"confidence":"named_on_record_single_source"}],"evidence":"Original article and its lead photograph inspected; source metadata and same-origin limitations retained. Publication is separate from operational and photo capture clocks.","photo_count":0,"photo_label":"0 new photographs","photo_scope":"Lead photograph duplicates an existing gallery image.","preview_media_ids":[],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-10T13:58:17+05:45","note":"Added reviewed 10 September attributed report. Kept prior plans as historical records and preserved the selected 100 m marker and existing map-photo groups."}],"related_event_ids":["evt-chilime-neupane-access-plan-2026-09-09"]},{"id":"evt-chilime-chaudhary-excavator-work-2026-09-10","sequence":64,"reading_order":64,"group_date":"2026-09-10","phase":"Access and search update","title":"Engineer reports faster excavator work near the tunnel","short":"Engineer reports faster excavator work near the tunnel","reader":{"title":"Engineer reports faster excavator work near the tunnel","summary":"Engineer Gokarna Chaudhary tells Britant that a green excavator has replaced a red machine and is speeding debris removal near the tunnel. No measured advance is reported.","limit":"The report does not confirm excavator entry, completed access or employee contact. Machine identity and the photograph’s capture time remain unresolved."},"occurred_at":{"from":null,"to":"2026-09-10T13:40:00+05:45","precision":"range","display":"Reported by publication time; individual operation clocks unstated"},"reported_at":"2026-09-10T13:40:00+05:45","reported_at_source_id":"src-britant-chaudhary-excavator-work-2026-09-10","reported_at_basis":"Visible 2083 Bhadra 25, 13:40 NPT; article:published_time and JSON-LD datePublished give 2026-09-10T07:55:00+00:00. The later 07:58:12 UTC dateModified is not used as publication or operation time. Individual work clocks are unstated.","updated_at":"2026-09-11T21:49:58+05:45","verification":"named_on_record_single_source","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"Britant quotes engineer Gokarna Chaudhary that a green excavator has replaced a red excavator for Chilime-area rescue and debris removal, making the work faster. The report says the rescue team has moved closer to the tunnel while removing mud, rocks and concrete; it gives no measured new advance.","meaning":"The body describes work near the tunnel and does not confirm that an excavator entered it. A colour description does not establish machine identity or link it to either of the two additional excavators in Neupane’s morning account. Faster work is an attributed assessment, not a measured removal rate. No new tunnel distance, completed access, employee contact or rescue outcome is established. Britant’s lead photograph shows people, not the reported excavator, and has no capture time or precise site caption. The additional Clickmandu image shows an excavator on an outside riverside cut; it does not confirm tunnel entry or independent corroboration.","annotation":"Engineer reports faster excavator work near the tunnel","facts":[],"claims":[{"text":"Britant quotes engineer Gokarna Chaudhary that a green excavator has replaced a red excavator for Chilime-area rescue and debris removal, making the work faster.","source_ids":["src-britant-chaudhary-excavator-work-2026-09-10"],"confidence":"named_on_record_single_source"},{"text":"The report says the rescue team has moved closer to the tunnel while removing mud, rocks and concrete; it gives no measured new advance.","source_ids":["src-britant-chaudhary-excavator-work-2026-09-10"],"confidence":"named_on_record_single_source"},{"text":"Clickmandu’s accompanying image shows a green tracked excavator on a narrow riverside debris cut; capture time and exact machine identity are unstated.","source_ids":["src-clickmandu-green-excavator-photo-2026-09-10"],"confidence":"reported"},{"text":"Nepal Live’s 11 September 08:54 follow-up attributes continued approach-work near the tunnel mouth to Chaudhary and supplies a distinct outside excavator photograph; no new measured milestone is established.","source_ids":["src-nepallive-chaudhary-access-photo-2026-09-11"],"confidence":"named_on_record_single_source"}],"evidence":"Original article and its lead photograph inspected; source metadata and same-origin limitations retained. Publication is separate from operational and photo capture clocks. Evening review added the native Clickmandu green-excavator image as a separate source collection within this existing event. Its earlier date-only publication does not replace the event’s established 13:40 report clock.","photo_count":1,"photo_label":"1 undated context photograph","photo_scope":"Timeline-only undated article context. Capture time, photographer, individual identity, exact location, station component, tunnel branch, chainage and camera position remain unresolved. Article publication is not capture time; this photograph does not document a measured advance or prove the reported machinery deployment. No map placement.","preview_media_ids":["media-clickmandu-green-excavator-2026-09-10","media-nepallive-green-excavator-2026-09-11","media-britant-equipment-context-2026-09-10"],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-10T13:58:17+05:45","note":"Added reviewed 10 September attributed report. Kept prior plans as historical records and preserved the selected 100 m marker and existing map-photo groups."},{"revision":2,"at":"2026-09-10T18:53:49+05:45","note":"Added one distinct native green-excavator photograph from Clickmandu to the existing replacement report. Preserved publication/occurrence clocks, attributed status and original photo collection; no independent corroboration, tunnel entry, new distance or map placement inferred."},{"revision":3,"at":"2026-09-11T21:49:58+05:45","note":"Added Nepal Live’s later same-origin approach-work report and one distinct timeline-only photograph. Original event clock preserved; no new operation or machinery entry inferred."}],"photo_source_id":"src-britant-chaudhary-excavator-work-2026-09-10","related_event_ids":["evt-chilime-neupane-access-revision-2026-09-10"],"additional_photo_sets":[{"photo_count":1,"photo_label":"1 green-excavator photograph","photo_source_id":"src-clickmandu-green-excavator-photo-2026-09-10","photo_scope":"Timeline-only article photograph of the reported access-work context. The image shows a green excavator outside beside a river, not inside a tunnel. Capture date/time, photographer, exact machine identity, precise station location, tunnel branch, chainage and camera position remain unresolved. The article supplies no individual location or capture caption, so no map placement or measured advance is inferred."},{"photo_count":1,"photo_label":"1 later approach-work photograph","photo_source_id":"src-nepallive-chaudhary-access-photo-2026-09-11","photo_scope":"Timeline-only source context. Individual capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage, station component and camera position remain unresolved. Publication is not capture time. No measured advance, employee contact or rescue outcome is established. Outside riverside excavator scene; no tunnel-machine entry established."}]},{"id":"evt-chcl-portal-electricity-2026-09-10","sequence":65,"reading_order":65,"group_date":"2026-09-10","phase":"Access and search update","title":"CHCL reports electricity available at the portal","short":"CHCL reports electricity available at the portal","reader":{"title":"CHCL reports electricity available at the portal","summary":"CHCL reports portal electricity ready for use, continued sludge removal and about 25 m remaining on the surface approach road. Its audiovisual account describes debris beyond a narrowed section.","limit":"The 25 m is a road gap. The approximately 105 m observation is not newly dug distance, human contact or evidence about the whole tunnel."},"occurred_at":{"from":"2026-09-10","to":null,"precision":"date_only","display":"Activities in the 10 September owner bulletin; individual clocks unstated"},"reported_at":"2026-09-10","reported_at_source_id":"src-official-2026-09-10","reported_at_basis":"Printed 2083/05/25 and owner page Published Date: Sept. 10, 2026 agree. No publication or individual operation clock; document date is not photo capture time.","updated_at":"2026-09-11T21:49:58+05:45","verification":"official","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"CHCL reports continued sludge removal and receipt of audiovisual material showing sound being sent inward from a narrowed section described at about 105 m, with only debris visible in that material. CHCL reports excavator and explosive-assisted surface-road work toward the powerhouse, with approximately 25 m remaining on that approach. CHCL reports that Dhunche-side and Syafru-side Sanjen electricity has been brought by ABC cable to the powerhouse portal and is available for use.","meaning":"The approximately 105 m describes the narrowed section in the owner account, not new excavation or surveyed chainage. The audiovisual observation is limited to what the material shows; no echo, human response, employee contact or absence beyond the obstruction is established. The 25 m is a surface-road gap, not remaining tunnel distance. Electricity availability at the portal does not prove a particular pump or winch is running. Individual photo locations and capture times are unstated.","annotation":"CHCL reports electricity available at the portal","facts":[],"claims":[{"text":"CHCL reports continued sludge removal and receipt of audiovisual material showing sound being sent inward from a narrowed section described at about 105 m, with only debris visible in that material.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-10"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"CHCL reports excavator and explosive-assisted surface-road work toward the powerhouse, with approximately 25 m remaining on that approach.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-10"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"CHCL reports that Dhunche-side and Syafru-side Sanjen electricity has been brought by ABC cable to the powerhouse portal and is available for use.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-10"],"confidence":"official"}],"evidence":"Original public source and all accessible attachments reviewed in the 11 September evening NPT scan; report, status and capture clocks kept separate.","photo_count":6,"photo_label":"6 reviewed photo assets","photo_scope":"Timeline-only source context. Individual capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage, station component and camera position remain unresolved. Publication is not capture time. No measured advance, employee contact or rescue outcome is established.","preview_media_ids":["media-chcl-update-2026-09-10-01","media-chcl-update-2026-09-10-02","media-chcl-update-2026-09-10-03","media-chcl-update-2026-09-10-04","media-chcl-update-2026-09-10-05","media-chcl-update-2026-09-10-06"],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-11T21:49:58+05:45","note":"Added source-qualified report with separate clocks and media provenance; retained the selected 100 m illustrative depth marker."}],"photo_source_id":"src-official-2026-09-10","related_event_ids":["evt-chcl-road-pilot-wire-2026-09-09"]},{"id":"evt-chilime-ghising-airflow-assessment-2026-09-11","sequence":66,"reading_order":66,"group_date":"2026-09-11","phase":"Access and search update","title":"Ghising reports airflow and remaining-distance estimate","short":"Ghising reports airflow and remaining-distance estimate","reader":{"title":"Ghising reports airflow and remaining-distance estimate","summary":"Ghising reports an echo and cold air, estimates about 100 m remaining to the powerhouse, and hopes machinery can reach the tunnel that day. These remain attributed observations and expectations.","limit":"An echo is not a human response. The distance reference and survival conditions are unresolved; no clearance total or new map depth is inferred."},"occurred_at":{"from":null,"to":null,"precision":"date_only","display":"Individual operation clocks unstated; dated report only"},"reported_at":"2026-09-11","reported_at_source_id":"src-khabarhub-ghising-airflow-assessment-2026-09-11","reported_at_basis":"Visible 2083 Bhadra 26 / Friday 11 September 2026; displayed 12:29 has no AM/PM or explicit timezone metadata. Stored date-only; observation and interview clocks unknown.","updated_at":"2026-09-11T21:49:58+05:45","verification":"named_on_record_single_source","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"Khabarhub attributes to Kulman Ghising that approximately 100 m remains to reach the underground powerhouse. Ghising reports an echo after sound was sent inward at a narrowed section described around 120 m, and cold air coming from inside; he interprets these as reasons for hope. Ghising expects an excavator may reach the tunnel on 11 September and hopes an excavator and loader will speed the work; this is an expectation, not confirmed arrival.","meaning":"Named-person assessment reported by a newsroom; no original Ghising post was inspected. Echo and cold air do not establish a human response, breathable conditions, employee location or survival. The 120 m wording has an unresolved reference point and differs from the owner’s approximately 105 m description; it is not adopted as clearance or surveyed chainage. Remaining distance cannot be subtracted from a nominal tunnel length to derive progress. Machinery arrival remains planned at this report; no rescue deadline or outcome is confirmed. Photo panel locations and capture dates are unstated.","annotation":"Ghising reports airflow and remaining-distance estimate","facts":[],"claims":[{"text":"Khabarhub attributes to Kulman Ghising that approximately 100 m remains to reach the underground powerhouse.","source_ids":["src-khabarhub-ghising-airflow-assessment-2026-09-11"],"confidence":"named_on_record_single_source"},{"text":"Ghising reports an echo after sound was sent inward at a narrowed section described around 120 m, and cold air coming from inside; he interprets these as reasons for hope.","source_ids":["src-khabarhub-ghising-airflow-assessment-2026-09-11"],"confidence":"named_on_record_single_source"},{"text":"Ghising expects an excavator may reach the tunnel on 11 September and hopes an excavator and loader will speed the work; this is an expectation, not confirmed arrival.","source_ids":["src-khabarhub-ghising-airflow-assessment-2026-09-11"],"confidence":"planned"}],"evidence":"Original public source and all accessible attachments reviewed in the 11 September evening NPT scan; report, status and capture clocks kept separate.","photo_count":1,"photo_label":"1 reviewed photo assets","photo_scope":"Timeline-only source context. Individual capture time, exact location, tunnel branch, chainage, station component and camera position remain unresolved. Publication is not capture time. No measured advance, employee contact or rescue outcome is established.","preview_media_ids":["media-khabarhub-ghising-context-2026-09-11"],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-11T21:49:58+05:45","note":"Added source-qualified report with separate clocks and media provenance; retained the selected 100 m illustrative depth marker."}],"photo_source_id":"src-khabarhub-ghising-airflow-assessment-2026-09-11"},{"id":"evt-chilime-army-road-complete-2026-09-11","sequence":67,"reading_order":67,"group_date":"2026-09-11","phase":"Access and search update","title":"Army reports the road to the tunnel is complete","short":"Army reports the road to the tunnel is complete","reader":{"title":"Army reports the road to the tunnel is complete","summary":"The Army’s 17:30 status confirms completion of the road to the Chilime tunnel for bringing in heavy equipment. Joint-team sludge removal and search continue.","limit":"Road completion does not confirm machinery entering the tunnel, a new dug distance, employee contact or rescue."},"occurred_at":{"from":null,"to":"2026-09-11T17:30:00+05:45","precision":"range","display":"By 11 September 17:30 NPT status; exact completion clock unstated"},"reported_at":"2026-09-11","reported_at_source_id":"src-nepali-army-chilime-road-complete-2026-09-11","reported_at_basis":"Original post heading explicitly gives 2083 Bhadra 26, 1730 (11 September 2026, 17:30 NPT) as status time. Exact parent-post publication clock unresolved; photo viewers showed 2h during the evening review. Status time is not publication time.","updated_at":"2026-09-11T21:49:58+05:45","verification":"official","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"By the Army’s 11 September 17:30 status, road construction to the Chilime tunnel for bringing in heavy equipment was complete. The Army reports that the joint team including foreign participants continues removing sludge inside the Chilime tunnel and has intensified further search work.","meaning":"Road completion does not itself establish heavy-equipment arrival at the portal or operation inside the tunnel. No new tunnel reach or dug distance, employee contact or rescue outcome is reported. The bulletin covers multiple projects; its other distances, negative findings and regional rescue totals are not Chilime facts. The two uncaptioned photographs cannot individually be assigned to Chilime.","annotation":"Army reports the road to the tunnel is complete","facts":[],"claims":[{"text":"By the Army’s 11 September 17:30 status, road construction to the Chilime tunnel for bringing in heavy equipment was complete.","source_ids":["src-nepali-army-chilime-road-complete-2026-09-11"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"The Army reports that the joint team including foreign participants continues removing sludge inside the Chilime tunnel and has intensified further search work.","source_ids":["src-nepali-army-chilime-road-complete-2026-09-11"],"confidence":"official"}],"evidence":"Original public source and all accessible attachments reviewed in the 11 September evening NPT scan; report, status and capture clocks kept separate.","photo_count":0,"photo_label":"0 reviewed photo assets","photo_scope":"Two uncaptioned multi-project Army photographs inspected and held pending individual Chilime attribution; not imported or mapped.","preview_media_ids":[],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-11T21:49:58+05:45","note":"Added source-qualified report with separate clocks and media provenance; retained the selected 100 m illustrative depth marker."}],"related_event_ids":["evt-chcl-portal-electricity-2026-09-10","evt-chilime-neupane-access-revision-2026-09-10"]},{"id":"evt-chcl-mechanized-update-2026-09-11","sequence":68,"reading_order":68,"group_date":"2026-09-11","phase":"Access and search update","title":"Machinery begins cleaning the access tunnel","short":"Machinery begins cleaning the access tunnel","reader":{"title":"Machinery begins cleaning the access tunnel","summary":"CHCL confirms machinery cleaning the access tunnel after road connection. Bucket removal continues alongside powered work, with portal electricity and a river cable crossing available.","limit":"Machinery use is confirmed by the owner; it does not establish employee contact or a rescue deadline."},"occurred_at":{"from":null,"to":null,"precision":"date_only","display":"Dated report; individual operation clocks unstated"},"reported_at":"2026-09-11","reported_at_source_id":"src-official-2026-09-11","reported_at_basis":"Printed 2083/05/26 agrees with the live owner index date of 11 September 2026. No publication or individual operation clock.","updated_at":"2026-09-14T07:29:52+05:45","verification":"official","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"CHCL reports that the road from Syafrubesi reached inside the powerhouse portal and access-tunnel cleaning intensified using two excavators and one loader. Bucket removal and water-absorbing material helped make the sediment surface walkable; riverbank gabion support and tailrace-portal opening work continued. Dhunche-side power was used at the portal, night work continued, and a cable crossing was installed for people and materials.","meaning":"No employee contact, survival or rescue is confirmed. No surveyed chainage or new maximum entry/search reach is established. Equipment counts describe this bulletin and are not cumulative fleet totals. Individual photo capture times are unknown.","annotation":"Machinery begins cleaning the access tunnel","facts":[],"claims":[{"text":"CHCL reports that the road from Syafrubesi reached inside the powerhouse portal and access-tunnel cleaning intensified using two excavators and one loader.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-11"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"Bucket removal and water-absorbing material helped make the sediment surface walkable; riverbank gabion support and tailrace-portal opening work continued.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-11"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"Dhunche-side power was used at the portal, night work continued, and a cable crossing was installed for people and materials.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-11"],"confidence":"official"}],"evidence":"Original source text reviewed; occurrence, publication and photo capture clocks remain separate.","photo_count":1,"photo_label":"1 source photo assets","photo_scope":"Timeline-only context. Individual capture time, camera position, tunnel branch and chainage are unresolved. Publication is not capture time; no employee contact or rescue outcome is established.","preview_media_ids":["media-chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-11"],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-14T07:29:52+05:45","note":"Added reviewed report; retained the selected 100 m illustrative marker and preserved historical plans."}],"photo_source_id":"src-official-2026-09-11"},{"id":"evt-chilime-pulchowk-device-2026-09-11","sequence":69,"reading_order":69,"group_date":"2026-09-11","phase":"Access and search update","title":"Pulchowk device reportedly delivered and installed","short":"Pulchowk device reportedly delivered and installed","reader":{"title":"Pulchowk device reportedly delivered and installed","summary":"Ramesh Chaudhary, Pulchowk Campus robotics coordinator, tells Setopati that a winch-and-drum device and two students reached Chilime by helicopter on Thursday and that installation was complete.","limit":"Installation is reported; successful use, capacity and a rescue deadline remain unverified."},"occurred_at":{"from":null,"to":null,"precision":"sequence_only","display":"Delivery reported for Thursday 10 September; installation clock unstated"},"reported_at":"2026-09-11T21:15:00+05:45","reported_at_source_id":"src-setopati-pulchowk-device-2026-09-11","reported_at_basis":"Original live article footer says Friday Bhadra 26, 2083, 21:15 NPT; seconds not exposed. Search discovery misleadingly showed Bhadra 28; original article controls. Thursday delivery corresponds to 10 September; individual delivery and installation clocks unstated.","updated_at":"2026-09-14T07:29:52+05:45","verification":"named_on_record_single_source","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"Ramesh Chaudhary, Pulchowk Campus robotics coordinator, tells Setopati that a winch-and-drum device and two students reached Chilime by helicopter on Thursday and that installation was complete. Use of the newly built device was being prepared at the time of the interview; its capacity and conditional two-day completion expectation are unverified.","meaning":"Arrival and installation are attributed to the named coordinator. The report does not establish successful operation of this particular new device, tested extraction capacity, a rescue deadline, conditions beyond 150 m, breathable air, or survival. Earlier winch use in other reports is not proof that this device was already operating. Workshop and outdoor packing images do not establish Chilime camera locations.","annotation":"Pulchowk device reportedly delivered and installed","facts":[],"claims":[{"text":"Ramesh Chaudhary, Pulchowk Campus robotics coordinator, tells Setopati that a winch-and-drum device and two students reached Chilime by helicopter on Thursday and that installation was complete.","source_ids":["src-setopati-pulchowk-device-2026-09-11"],"confidence":"named_on_record_single_source"},{"text":"Use of the newly built device was being prepared at the time of the interview; its capacity and conditional two-day completion expectation are unverified.","source_ids":["src-setopati-pulchowk-device-2026-09-11"],"confidence":"named_on_record_single_source"}],"evidence":"Original source text reviewed; occurrence, publication and photo capture clocks remain separate.","photo_count":4,"photo_label":"4 source photo assets","photo_scope":"Timeline-only context. Individual capture time, camera position, tunnel branch and chainage are unresolved. Publication is not capture time; no employee contact or rescue outcome is established.","preview_media_ids":["media-chilime-pulchowk-device-2026-09-11-01","media-chilime-pulchowk-device-2026-09-11-02","media-chilime-pulchowk-device-2026-09-11-03","media-chilime-pulchowk-device-2026-09-11-04"],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-14T07:29:52+05:45","note":"Added reviewed report; retained the selected 100 m illustrative marker and preserved historical plans."}],"photo_source_id":"src-setopati-pulchowk-device-2026-09-11"},{"id":"evt-chcl-mechanized-update-2026-09-12","sequence":70,"reading_order":70,"group_date":"2026-09-12","phase":"Access and search update","title":"Wheel loaders support day-and-night tunnel cleaning","short":"Wheel loaders support day-and-night tunnel cleaning","reader":{"title":"Wheel loaders support day-and-night tunnel cleaning","summary":"Wheel loaders remove soil and sludge through the access tunnel. CHCL reports floodlights installed and plans continued day and night shifts; tailrace-portal opening work continues.","limit":"Machinery use is confirmed by the owner; it does not establish employee contact or a rescue deadline."},"occurred_at":{"from":null,"to":null,"precision":"date_only","display":"Dated report; individual operation clocks unstated"},"reported_at":"2026-09-12","reported_at_source_id":"src-official-2026-09-12","reported_at_basis":"Printed 2083/05/27 agrees with the live owner index date of 12 September 2026. No publication or individual operation clock.","updated_at":"2026-09-14T07:29:52+05:45","verification":"official","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"CHCL reports that wheel loaders are removing deposited soil and sludge through the access tunnel after the Syafrubesi approach was connected. CHCL plans to continue accelerated cleaning with two wheel loaders in day and night shifts. River diversion and excavator work to open the tailrace portal continued; floodlights were installed inside and outside the tunnel using Dhunche-side electricity.","meaning":"No employee contact, survival or rescue is confirmed. No surveyed chainage or new maximum entry/search reach is established. Equipment counts describe this bulletin and are not cumulative fleet totals. Individual photo capture times are unknown.","annotation":"Wheel loaders support day-and-night tunnel cleaning","facts":[],"claims":[{"text":"CHCL reports that wheel loaders are removing deposited soil and sludge through the access tunnel after the Syafrubesi approach was connected.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-12"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"CHCL plans to continue accelerated cleaning with two wheel loaders in day and night shifts.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-12"],"confidence":"planned"},{"text":"River diversion and excavator work to open the tailrace portal continued; floodlights were installed inside and outside the tunnel using Dhunche-side electricity.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-12"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"Nepal Views quotes engineer Gokarna Chaudhary that the team continued searching inside after excavator-assisted approach clearance on Saturday morning.","source_ids":["src-nepalviews-chilime-cleaning-2026-09-12"],"confidence":"named_on_record_single_source"}],"evidence":"Original source text reviewed; occurrence, publication and photo capture clocks remain separate.","photo_count":1,"photo_label":"1 source photo assets","photo_scope":"Timeline-only context. Individual capture time, camera position, tunnel branch and chainage are unresolved. Publication is not capture time; no employee contact or rescue outcome is established.","preview_media_ids":["media-chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-12","media-chilime-nepalviews-cleaning-2026-09-12"],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-14T07:29:52+05:45","note":"Added reviewed report; retained the selected 100 m illustrative marker and preserved historical plans."}],"photo_source_id":"src-official-2026-09-12","additional_photo_sets":[{"photo_count":1,"photo_label":"1 newsroom context image","photo_source_id":"src-nepalviews-chilime-cleaning-2026-09-12","photo_scope":"Timeline-only context. Individual capture time, camera position, tunnel branch and chainage are unresolved. Publication is not capture time; no employee contact or rescue outcome is established."}]},{"id":"evt-army-mechanized-clearance-2026-09-12","sequence":71,"reading_order":71,"group_date":"2026-09-12","phase":"Access and search update","title":"Army reports about 65 m cleared by machinery","short":"Army reports about 65 m cleared by machinery","reader":{"title":"Army reports about 65 m cleared by machinery","summary":"The Army’s 12 September 17:30 status reports machinery-assisted debris removal to approximately 65 m inside the Chilime tunnel, with further search continuing.","limit":"Machinery clearance and previous entry/search reach use different, unresolved references; the 100 m illustrative marker is unchanged."},"occurred_at":{"from":null,"to":"2026-09-12T17:30:00+05:45","precision":"range","display":"By the 17:30 NPT status; individual work clocks unstated"},"reported_at":"2026-09-12","reported_at_source_id":"src-army-mechanized-clearance-2026-09-12","reported_at_basis":"Original Nepali heading gives 2083 Bhadra 27, 17:30 as status time, not publication time. Exact publication clock unresolved; stored date-only. Facebook automatic English translation corrupts dates and numbers and is not used.","updated_at":"2026-09-14T07:29:52+05:45","verification":"official","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"The Army’s 12 September 17:30 status reports machinery-assisted debris removal to approximately 65 m inside the Chilime tunnel, with further search continuing. The Army reports an approximately 1,050 m heavy-equipment approach completed and a walkable tunnel route being prepared using four pipes, each 6 m long.","meaning":"Clearance by machinery is not the same as earlier entry/search reach. Measurement origin, branch, vertical clearance and observation clock remain unresolved; no arithmetic progress or surveyed chainage is inferred. Surface-road length and pipe lengths are not tunnel advance. No employee contact or rescue outcome is reported. Other projects and regional totals are excluded. Cable-crossing descriptions may concern different stages or scopes; no exact completion sequence is inferred from them.","annotation":"Army reports about 65 m cleared by machinery","facts":[],"claims":[{"text":"The Army’s 12 September 17:30 status reports machinery-assisted debris removal to approximately 65 m inside the Chilime tunnel, with further search continuing.","source_ids":["src-army-mechanized-clearance-2026-09-12"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"The Army reports an approximately 1,050 m heavy-equipment approach completed and a walkable tunnel route being prepared using four pipes, each 6 m long.","source_ids":["src-army-mechanized-clearance-2026-09-12"],"confidence":"official"}],"evidence":"Original source text reviewed; occurrence, publication and photo capture clocks remain separate.","photo_count":0,"photo_label":"0 source photo assets","photo_scope":"Attachments to a multi-project bulletin have no individual Chilime caption. Held pending station attribution; no image imported or mapped.","preview_media_ids":[],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-14T07:29:52+05:45","note":"Added reviewed report; retained the selected 100 m illustrative marker and preserved historical plans."}]},{"id":"evt-chcl-mechanized-update-2026-09-13","sequence":72,"reading_order":72,"group_date":"2026-09-13","phase":"Access and search update","title":"Boulder removal continues; tailrace portal opened","short":"Boulder removal continues; tailrace portal opened","reader":{"title":"Boulder removal continues; tailrace portal opened","summary":"CHCL reports boulder and sludge removal from within about 90 m, continuing machine work in two shifts, and the tailrace portal opened for cleaning and drainage.","limit":"The reported removal area is not a new maximum reach. Tailrace access beyond the portal and employee conditions remain unresolved."},"occurred_at":{"from":null,"to":null,"precision":"date_only","display":"Dated report; individual operation clocks unstated"},"reported_at":"2026-09-13","reported_at_source_id":"src-official-2026-09-13","reported_at_basis":"Printed 2083/05/28 agrees with the live owner index date of 13 September 2026. No publication or individual operation clock.","updated_at":"2026-09-14T07:29:52+05:45","verification":"official","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"CHCL reports ongoing removal of large boulders and sludge from within approximately 90 m. Excavators and wheel loaders continue access-tunnel cleaning in day and night shifts; spare parts, mechanics and required supplies are being arranged as needed. After diverting the river and excavating, the tailrace portal has been opened; cleaning and water drainage from that side continue.","meaning":"No employee contact, survival or rescue is confirmed. No surveyed chainage or new maximum entry/search reach is established. Equipment counts describe this bulletin and are not cumulative fleet totals. Individual photo capture times are unknown. The approximately 90 m is the reported area of ongoing removal, not 90 m newly dug that day, a new reach maximum or distance to employees. Tailrace-portal opening does not establish a traversable tailrace route or access to the powerhouse. The cable-crossing reports have unresolved work scopes and completion clocks.","annotation":"Boulder removal continues; tailrace portal opened","facts":[],"claims":[{"text":"CHCL reports ongoing removal of large boulders and sludge from within approximately 90 m.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-13"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"Excavators and wheel loaders continue access-tunnel cleaning in day and night shifts; spare parts, mechanics and required supplies are being arranged as needed.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-13"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"After diverting the river and excavating, the tailrace portal has been opened; cleaning and water drainage from that side continue.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-13"],"confidence":"official"}],"evidence":"Original source text reviewed; occurrence, publication and photo capture clocks remain separate.","photo_count":1,"photo_label":"1 source photo assets","photo_scope":"Timeline-only context. Individual capture time, camera position, tunnel branch and chainage are unresolved. Publication is not capture time; no employee contact or rescue outcome is established.","preview_media_ids":["media-chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-13"],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-14T07:29:52+05:45","note":"Added reviewed report; retained the selected 100 m illustrative marker and preserved historical plans."}],"photo_source_id":"src-official-2026-09-13"},{"id":"evt-army-mechanized-clearance-2026-09-13","sequence":73,"reading_order":73,"group_date":"2026-09-13","phase":"Access and search update","title":"Army reports about 85 m cleared by machinery","short":"Army reports about 85 m cleared by machinery","reader":{"title":"Army reports about 85 m cleared by machinery","summary":"The Army’s 13 September 18:30 status reports machinery-assisted debris removal to approximately 85 m inside the Chilime tunnel, with further search continuing.","limit":"Machinery clearance and previous entry/search reach use different, unresolved references; the 100 m illustrative marker is unchanged."},"occurred_at":{"from":null,"to":"2026-09-13T18:30:00+05:45","precision":"range","display":"By the 18:30 NPT status; individual work clocks unstated"},"reported_at":"2026-09-13","reported_at_source_id":"src-army-mechanized-clearance-2026-09-13","reported_at_basis":"Original Nepali heading gives 2083 Bhadra 28, 18:30 as status time, not publication time. Exact publication clock unresolved; stored date-only. Facebook automatic English translation corrupts dates and numbers and is not used.","updated_at":"2026-09-14T07:29:52+05:45","verification":"official","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"The Army’s 13 September 18:30 status reports machinery-assisted debris removal to approximately 85 m inside the Chilime tunnel, with further search continuing. The Army reports one excavator and one loader working inside the tunnel, with cable-crossing installation near the tunnel continuing.","meaning":"Clearance by machinery is not the same as earlier entry/search reach. Measurement origin, branch, vertical clearance and observation clock remain unresolved; no arithmetic progress or surveyed chainage is inferred. Surface-road length and pipe lengths are not tunnel advance. No employee contact or rescue outcome is reported. Other projects and regional totals are excluded. Cable-crossing descriptions may concern different stages or scopes; no exact completion sequence is inferred from them.","annotation":"Army reports about 85 m cleared by machinery","facts":[],"claims":[{"text":"The Army’s 13 September 18:30 status reports machinery-assisted debris removal to approximately 85 m inside the Chilime tunnel, with further search continuing.","source_ids":["src-army-mechanized-clearance-2026-09-13"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"The Army reports one excavator and one loader working inside the tunnel, with cable-crossing installation near the tunnel continuing.","source_ids":["src-army-mechanized-clearance-2026-09-13"],"confidence":"official"}],"evidence":"Original source text reviewed; occurrence, publication and photo capture clocks remain separate.","photo_count":0,"photo_label":"0 source photo assets","photo_scope":"Attachments to a multi-project bulletin have no individual Chilime caption. Held pending station attribution; no image imported or mapped.","preview_media_ids":[],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-14T07:29:52+05:45","note":"Added reviewed report; retained the selected 100 m illustrative marker and preserved historical plans."}]},{"id":"evt-chcl-flooded-limit-125m-2026-09-14","sequence":74,"reading_order":74,"group_date":"2026-09-14","phase":"Access and search update","title":"Water reaches tunnel crown at about 125 m","short":"Water reaches tunnel crown at about 125 m","reader":{"title":"Water reaches tunnel crown at about 125 m","summary":"CHCL reports water up to the tunnel crown when reaching approximately 125 m inside, with dewatering underway.","limit":"Dewatering is underway. This is a reported flooded limit, not fully cleared distance or confirmed contact."},"occurred_at":{"from":null,"to":null,"precision":"date_only","display":"Dated report; individual operation clocks unstated"},"reported_at":"2026-09-14","reported_at_source_id":"src-official-2026-09-14","reported_at_basis":"Printed 2083/05/29 agrees with the live owner index date of 14 September 2026. Publication and individual operation clocks are not given.","updated_at":"2026-09-14T19:05:58+05:45","verification":"official","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"CHCL reports water up to the tunnel crown when reaching approximately 125 m inside, with dewatering underway. During access-tunnel sludge removal, liquid mixed with hydraulic/transformer oil was found. Large boulders and sludge continue to be removed using excavators and wheel loaders in day and night shifts. Additional operators, submersible pumps and pipes have been arranged.","meaning":"The approximately 125 m describes where crown-high water was encountered, not 125 m fully cleared or safely passable. Measurement origin, surveyed chainage, precise branch and work clocks remain unresolved. The Army separately reports about 100 m of debris clearance. No employee contact, survival, powerhouse access or rescue deadline is established; oil does not establish its equipment of origin or conditions beyond the flooded section.","annotation":"Water reaches tunnel crown at about 125 m","facts":[],"claims":[{"text":"CHCL reports water up to the tunnel crown when reaching approximately 125 m inside, with dewatering underway.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-14"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"During access-tunnel sludge removal, liquid mixed with hydraulic/transformer oil was found.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-14"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"Large boulders and sludge continue to be removed using excavators and wheel loaders in day and night shifts. Additional operators, submersible pumps and pipes have been arranged.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-14"],"confidence":"official"}],"evidence":"Original source text reviewed; occurrence, publication and photo capture clocks remain separate.","photo_count":1,"photo_label":"1 bulletin with 4 photo panels","photo_scope":"Complete original bulletin retained as one image asset with four photographic panels. Capture times and individual camera positions are unknown. These mixed portal and tunnel views are timeline-only; none is pinned at 125 m. The source date is not a capture date.","preview_media_ids":["media-chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-14"],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-14T19:05:58+05:45","note":"Added original owner bulletin and its complete image. Selected approximately 125 m flooded limit for the illustrative event area; no surveyed geometry or historical photo anchors changed."}],"photo_source_id":"src-official-2026-09-14","reported_distance_m":{"from":125,"to":125,"reference":"Owner describes reaching approximately 125 m inside and finding water up to the tunnel crown; measurement origin and surveyed chainage unstated. This is a flooded limit, not cleared distance.","precision":"approximate"}},{"id":"evt-army-mechanized-clearance-2026-09-14","sequence":75,"reading_order":75,"group_date":"2026-09-14","phase":"Access and search update","title":"Army reports about 100 m cleared; rope entry attempted","short":"Army reports about 100 m cleared; rope entry attempted","reader":{"title":"Army reports about 100 m cleared; rope entry attempted","summary":"The Army’s 14 September 17:00 status reports about 100 m of debris removed at Chilime using an excavator and loader. Water was encountered inside the tunnel and removal is underway; the search-and-rescue team is attempting to enter using ropes.","limit":"The 100 m cleared distance and owner’s 125 m flooded limit describe different observations; no contact is confirmed."},"occurred_at":{"from":null,"to":"2026-09-14T17:00:00+05:45","precision":"range","display":"By the 17:00 NPT status; individual work clocks unstated"},"reported_at":"2026-09-14","reported_at_source_id":"src-army-mechanized-clearance-2026-09-14","reported_at_basis":"Original Nepali heading dates the status to 2083 Bhadra 29 at 17:00, not publication. Photo viewer displayed about an hour ago during the approximately 19:00 NPT review; publication retained date-only.","updated_at":"2026-09-14T19:05:58+05:45","verification":"official","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"The Army’s 14 September 17:00 status reports about 100 m of debris removed at Chilime using an excavator and loader. Water was encountered inside the tunnel and removal is underway; the search-and-rescue team is attempting to enter using ropes. The Army reports that the river cable crossing has been installed.","meaning":"The 100 m figure is machinery debris clearance, distinct from CHCL’s approximately 125 m flooded limit. Rope-assisted entry is an attempt, not confirmed passage beyond the water. Branch, measurement origin, surveyed chainage, exact operation clocks and current passability remain unresolved. No employee contact, survival or rescue outcome is confirmed. Regional rescue totals and other projects are excluded.","annotation":"Army reports about 100 m cleared; rope entry attempted","facts":[],"claims":[{"text":"The Army’s 14 September 17:00 status reports about 100 m of debris removed at Chilime using an excavator and loader.","source_ids":["src-army-mechanized-clearance-2026-09-14"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"Water was encountered inside the tunnel and removal is underway; the search-and-rescue team is attempting to enter using ropes.","source_ids":["src-army-mechanized-clearance-2026-09-14"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"The Army reports that the river cable crossing has been installed.","source_ids":["src-army-mechanized-clearance-2026-09-14"],"confidence":"official"}],"evidence":"Original source text reviewed; occurrence, publication and photo capture clocks remain separate.","photo_count":0,"photo_label":"0 source photo assets","photo_scope":"All 11 attachments inspected: one image repeats owner bulletin panel 2; other multi-project attachments held for individual attribution. No new image imported or mapped.","preview_media_ids":[],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-14T19:05:58+05:45","note":"Added original Army status; retained clearance separately from owner flooded-limit report and did not promote rope entry attempt to completed passage."}]},{"id":"evt-chilime-dewatering-obstacles-2026-09-14","sequence":76,"reading_order":76,"group_date":"2026-09-14","phase":"Access and search update","title":"Water and boulders impede mechanized clearance","short":"Water and boulders impede mechanized clearance","reader":{"title":"Water and boulders impede mechanized clearance","summary":"The ambassador reports joint teams clearing the Chilime tunnel with excavators and loaders, with incoming water and large boulders impeding progress.","limit":"Dewatering is reported underway. The next-day clearance expectation is a plan, not confirmed powerhouse access or a rescue deadline."},"occurred_at":{"from":null,"to":null,"precision":"sequence_only","display":"Work reported before the evening post; exact operation clocks unstated"},"reported_at":"2026-09-14T21:35:17+05:45","reported_at_source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-dewatering-2026-09-14","reported_at_basis":"Original X time element datetime 2026-09-14T15:50:17.000Z converts to 21:35:17 NPT. Australian UI displays 15 September; publication is not capture or operation time.","updated_at":"2026-09-16T02:04:18+05:45","verification":"official","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"The ambassador reports joint teams clearing the Chilime tunnel with excavators and loaders, with incoming water and large boulders impeding progress. Mud pumps are being used for dewatering. Continuing clearance the next day toward the powerhouse is an expectation, not a confirmed arrival.","meaning":"The 14 September evening post gives no distance or individual operation clock. Its next-day expectation concerns 15 September and is not a rescue deadline. No employee contact, survival, powerhouse access or rescue outcome is confirmed.","annotation":"Water and boulders impede mechanized clearance","facts":[],"claims":[{"text":"The ambassador reports joint teams clearing the Chilime tunnel with excavators and loaders, with incoming water and large boulders impeding progress.","source_ids":["src-indian-ambassador-dewatering-2026-09-14"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"Mud pumps are being used for dewatering.","source_ids":["src-indian-ambassador-dewatering-2026-09-14"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"Continuing clearance the next day toward the powerhouse is an expectation, not a confirmed arrival.","source_ids":["src-indian-ambassador-dewatering-2026-09-14"],"confidence":"planned"}],"evidence":"Original source text reviewed; occurrence, publication and photo capture clocks remain separate.","photo_count":4,"photo_label":"4 source image assets","photo_scope":"Source images are timeline-only. Capture clocks, precise tunnel branch, chainage and camera positions are unresolved.","preview_media_ids":["media-chilime-dewatering-2026-09-14-01","media-chilime-dewatering-2026-09-14-02","media-chilime-dewatering-2026-09-14-03","media-chilime-dewatering-2026-09-14-04"],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-16T02:04:18+05:45","note":"Added reviewed source; preserved separate operation, publication and capture clocks and unresolved distance references."}],"photo_source_id":"src-indian-ambassador-dewatering-2026-09-14"},{"id":"evt-chcl-inspection-reach-145m-2026-09-15","sequence":77,"reading_order":77,"group_date":"2026-09-15","phase":"Access and search update","title":"Rescuers report inspecting conditions at about 145 m","short":"Rescuers report inspecting conditions at about 145 m","reader":{"title":"Rescuers report inspecting conditions at about 145 m","summary":"CHCL relays onsite rescuers’ report that they advanced to approximately 145 m inside the tunnel and inspected conditions.","limit":"This is personnel inspection reach, not fully cleared distance. The separate Army and Dhakal figures have unresolved references; no employee contact is confirmed."},"occurred_at":{"from":null,"to":null,"precision":"date_only","display":"Dated report; individual operation clocks unstated"},"reported_at":"2026-09-15","reported_at_source_id":"src-official-2026-09-15","reported_at_basis":"Printed 2083/05/30 agrees with the live owner index date of 15 September 2026. Publication and individual operation clocks are not given.","updated_at":"2026-09-16T02:04:18+05:45","verification":"official","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"CHCL relays onsite rescuers’ report that they advanced to approximately 145 m inside the tunnel and inspected conditions. Pumping continues. CHCL reports three excavators and two loaders operating, and 17 additional technical personnel mobilized, including six semi-skilled personnel. Five pumps of different capacities, including petrol-operated pumps, and accessories have been dispatched. Overnight work has been arranged.","meaning":"The approximately 145 m is a reported inspection reach, not fully cleared or safely passable distance. Origin, surveyed chainage, precise branch and operation clocks are unresolved. Dispatch does not confirm all five pumps arrived or operated. The Army’s 130 m search and Dhakal’s 150 m-plus personnel account remain separate. No employee contact, survival or powerhouse access is confirmed.","annotation":"Rescuers report inspecting conditions at about 145 m","facts":[],"claims":[{"text":"CHCL relays onsite rescuers’ report that they advanced to approximately 145 m inside the tunnel and inspected conditions.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-15"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"Pumping continues. CHCL reports three excavators and two loaders operating, and 17 additional technical personnel mobilized, including six semi-skilled personnel.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-15"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"Five pumps of different capacities, including petrol-operated pumps, and accessories have been dispatched. Overnight work has been arranged.","source_ids":["src-official-2026-09-15"],"confidence":"official"}],"evidence":"Original source text reviewed; occurrence, publication and photo capture clocks remain separate.","photo_count":1,"photo_label":"1 bulletin with 4 photo panels","photo_scope":"Original complete bulletin retained. Three tunnel/machinery panels and one off-site packing panel have no individual capture clocks or camera positions; all timeline-only.","preview_media_ids":["media-chilime-rescue-update-2026-09-15"],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-16T02:04:18+05:45","note":"Added reviewed source; preserved separate operation, publication and capture clocks and unresolved distance references."}],"photo_source_id":"src-official-2026-09-15","reported_distance_m":{"from":145,"to":145,"precision":"approximate","reference":"Reported personnel inspection/search reach, not fully cleared distance. Measurement origin, surveyed chainage and precise branch unresolved."}},{"id":"evt-dhakal-access-distances-2026-09-15","sequence":78,"reading_order":78,"group_date":"2026-09-15","phase":"Access and search update","title":"Dhakal separates machinery and personnel reach","short":"Dhakal separates machinery and personnel reach","reader":{"title":"Dhakal separates machinery and personnel reach","summary":"In an ANI interview, Sagar Dhakal distinguishes machinery reaching roughly 100 m-plus from personnel reaching 150 m-plus inside the Chilime tunnel.","limit":"Named account with unresolved distance references. The headline’s 150 m cleared figure is not adopted; no communication with those believed trapped is reported."},"occurred_at":{"from":null,"to":null,"precision":"sequence_only","display":"Undated interview before publication; no exact operation clock"},"reported_at":"2026-09-15T12:27:13+05:45","reported_at_source_id":"src-ani-dhakal-access-distances-2026-09-15","reported_at_basis":"Article JSON-LD datePublished and dateModified are 2026-09-15T12:12:13+05:30 (12:27:13 NPT). Interview and operation clocks are unstated.","updated_at":"2026-09-16T02:04:18+05:45","verification":"named_on_record_single_source","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"In an ANI interview, Sagar Dhakal distinguishes machinery reaching roughly 100 m-plus from personnel reaching 150 m-plus inside the Chilime tunnel. The interview report describes water obstructing a narrow passage and a mini-pump being sought. It reports no communication with the six people believed trapped as of the interview.","meaning":"Named on-record account, not independent measurement. The article’s 150 m cleared introduction is not adopted: Dhakal separates machinery and personnel reach. Its roughly 220 m tunnel and 50 m-plus remaining figures have unresolved references and are not used to locate workers. No survival, breakthrough or rescue deadline is established; mini-pump use is not confirmed.","annotation":"Dhakal separates machinery and personnel reach","facts":[],"claims":[{"text":"In an ANI interview, Sagar Dhakal distinguishes machinery reaching roughly 100 m-plus from personnel reaching 150 m-plus inside the Chilime tunnel.","source_ids":["src-ani-dhakal-access-distances-2026-09-15"],"confidence":"named_on_record_single_source"},{"text":"The interview report describes water obstructing a narrow passage and a mini-pump being sought. It reports no communication with the six people believed trapped as of the interview.","source_ids":["src-ani-dhakal-access-distances-2026-09-15"],"confidence":"named_on_record_single_source"}],"evidence":"Original source text reviewed; occurrence, publication and photo capture clocks remain separate.","photo_count":0,"photo_label":"0 source image assets","photo_scope":"One newsroom image inspected and excluded as a crop of the existing 7 September ambassador photo.","preview_media_ids":[],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-16T02:04:18+05:45","note":"Added reviewed source; preserved separate operation, publication and capture clocks and unresolved distance references."}]},{"id":"evt-army-search-reach-130m-2026-09-15","sequence":79,"reading_order":79,"group_date":"2026-09-15","phase":"Access and search update","title":"Army reports search reaching about 130 m","short":"Army reports search reaching about 130 m","reader":{"title":"Army reports search reaching about 130 m","summary":"The Army’s 15 September 17:00 status reports that the joint rescue team entered through a hole carrying water and searched to approximately 130 m at Chilime.","limit":"Search reach through a water-carrying opening is not fully cleared distance. Its relationship to CHCL’s 145 m report remains unresolved; no employee contact is confirmed."},"occurred_at":{"from":null,"to":"2026-09-15T17:00:00+05:45","precision":"range","display":"By the 17:00 NPT status; individual work clocks unstated"},"reported_at":"2026-09-15","reported_at_source_id":"src-army-search-reach-130m-2026-09-15","reported_at_basis":"Original Nepali heading dates the status to 2083 Bhadra 30, 17:00 NPT, not publication. Viewer displayed six hours ago during the early 16 September NPT scan; publication retained date-only.","updated_at":"2026-09-16T02:04:18+05:45","verification":"official","view":"site","map_location_status":"unresolved","chainage":null,"summary":"The Army’s 15 September 17:00 status reports that the joint rescue team entered through a hole carrying water and searched to approximately 130 m at Chilime. Excavators and loaders continue removing debris.","meaning":"The reported 130 m is search reach through a water-carrying opening, not fully cleared distance or confirmed employee contact. The owner’s 145 m inspection report uses an unresolved reference and cannot be combined arithmetically with this account. Branch, measurement origin, chainage, exact operation clocks and current passability remain unresolved. Regional totals and other projects are excluded.","annotation":"Army reports search reaching about 130 m","facts":[],"claims":[{"text":"The Army’s 15 September 17:00 status reports that the joint rescue team entered through a hole carrying water and searched to approximately 130 m at Chilime.","source_ids":["src-army-search-reach-130m-2026-09-15"],"confidence":"official"},{"text":"Excavators and loaders continue removing debris.","source_ids":["src-army-search-reach-130m-2026-09-15"],"confidence":"official"}],"evidence":"Original source text reviewed; occurrence, publication and photo capture clocks remain separate.","photo_count":0,"photo_label":"0 source image assets","photo_scope":"Six photos and three video stills inspected in a multi-project album; individual station attribution unresolved, held without importing or mapping.","preview_media_ids":[],"revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-16T02:04:18+05:45","note":"Added reviewed source; preserved separate operation, publication and capture clocks and unresolved distance references."}],"reported_distance_m":{"from":130,"to":130,"precision":"approximate","reference":"Reported personnel inspection/search reach, not fully cleared distance. Measurement origin, surveyed chainage and precise branch unresolved."}}],"reading_order_note":"Days are listed newest first. Within each day, the editorial reading order respects explicitly reported dependencies: reconnaissance before climber dispatch, entry before advance and mud, later requests/status after the attempt, and the 30 August plan, water-and-obstruction attempt report, mobilisation report, site-specific deployment/joint-operation report, 19:28 recovery report and date-only renewed-flooding setback. On 31 August, the date-only helicopter reply precedes the exact 15:39:24 NPT X report, the later approximately 16:47–16:48 NPT photo post, the date-only official logistics/weather update and the separate exact 19:23 Army-origin 35 m report in editorial order; these report times and windows are not treated as operation, movement or media-capture clocks. On 1 September, the water-and-tailrace constraint remains date-only because the visible 08:56 clock is an update time, not the original publication or observation time; the official Nepali Army reel is placed at its exact 10:50:06 NPT publication clock, the 50 m Army report at its exact 12:55:03 publication clock with a separate 11:00 status bound, the named-government status at its exact 16:51:07 newsroom publication clock while its underlying status time remains relative, and the 150 m Army report at its exact 17:58:49 publication clock with a separate 17:00 status bound. The later-positioned CHCL owner bulletin remains date-only because it exposes no publication or operation clock; its 2 September reconnaissance and JCB-transport statements are preserved as plans, not completed actions. The Ambassador's exact 20:23:02 NPT X report anchors the later improvised-float event, while the Embassy's related 20:45:33 photo post and 20:53:43 reel corroborate the same operation rather than creating separate events; all three clocks are publication times, and their 2 September continuation statements remain plans. On 2 September, CHCL's owner bulletin confirms that the planned morning excavator airlift did not occur but supplies no publication or operation clock, so the event remains date-only and precedes the exact 14:27 NPT CRI staging report in editorial order. The CRI helicopter travel, Chilime arrival and acoustic-equipment use remain plans. The search-continuation event combines an 11:00 Army status bound, a named commander interview and the official Foreign Ministry's 14:00 briefing status; it is anchored to the ministry page's exact 16:00 publication clock without converting the briefing's joint Langtang-and-Chilime tunnel-opening sentence into a Chilime-specific progress claim. CHCL's joint-team mud-clearing and evening weather-delay report is anchored to Jalsarokar's exact 18:29:14 NPT publication clock while the owner's notice remains date-only; neither clock establishes tunnel entry, weather change, waiting-location or return time. The sound-detector event is anchored to Onlinetvnepal's exact 19:19:54 NPT reel publication clock; the Army independently establishes Chilime monitoring through its 19:00 status, while the reel's unnamed expert reports no peak signatures and warns that mud or air gaps can prevent vibration detection. The reel does not name Chilime, the interviewee, the detector operator or CRI, so it does not prove the CRI plan was completed or establish absence beyond the blockage. The Embassy's exact 23:22:54 NPT publication anchors its same-day progress and logistics report; the approximately 100 m movement is not treated as total depth or added to the approximately 150 m Army reach figure, while the road approach and additional team remain explored or staged next steps. On 3 September, the Foreign Ministry's 14:15 status and 15:00 publication precede the Ambassador's exact 16:56:33 NPT X publication in one combined continued-work event. The approximately 100 m is treated as an already-explored, non-cumulative extent, and the excavator or other heavy equipment remains a being-sent or planned action because neither official source confirms arrival or use. The Army's later 19:00 status is merged into that same ongoing-work event because it confirms only continued joint activity; its conflicting coarse Facebook ages support an approximately 18:51–20:51 NPT publication window, not an exact report clock, and its ten unlabeled multi-project attachments are excluded. CHCL's later-positioned 3 September owner bulletin remains a separate date-only entry because it exposes no publication or individual-action clock. Its 14-person sludge-removal and eight-person foot-trail assignments are not added into a 22-person headcount, and its approximately 30 m rope descent is treated as slope access rather than tunnel progress. Two unlocated rope-work images remain timeline-only, while the uncaptioned helicopter-and-stretcher image is excluded from the public gallery and map. CHCL's following bulletin revises that 3 September event with five mud pumps, other unspecified equipment and additional rescuers flown to the powerhouse portal and an approximately 25 m pump-cleared section; the 25 m has no stated origin or baseline and is not added to reach figures. On 4 September, the Home-Ministry-attributed overnight-weather account is anchored to Himal Press's exact 07:55 NPT publication clock while the occurrence remains an hour-unknown range spanning the night of 3–4 September. Gorkhapatra carries the same underlying account and a derivative of the same image, so it is not independent corroboration; the 14 people are not added as a new team, later exit is unresolved, and the archived image remains timeline-only. The later operational entry is anchored to the Army's exact 19:37:44 NPT publication clock with a separate 19:00 status bound: generator-and-mud-pump work allowed the joint team to again reach approximately 100 m, which is treated as restored access rather than additive progress or a new maximum. The date-only access event records approximately 250 m of route clearing and ongoing temporary-track work while the planned three-ton tunnel excavator remained undelivered at the time of a 17:07:10 NPT newsroom publication; surface dozer or loader evidence is not treated as tunnel-excavator deployment. The Ambassador's exact 07:15:40 NPT publication on 5 September reports the previous day's drainage and track work and does not supply an operation clock. Three Ambassador attachments remain timeline-only, fourteen unassigned Army attachments and seven uncaptained CHCL composite panels are excluded, and no new 3D map pin or employee-status change is added. Records with the same exact report timestamp are rendered as one timestamp entry; date-only, bounded and relative-time reports remain separate because they do not establish a shared instant. Editorial positions do not establish a complete event chronology. The 6–7 September additions retain separate date-only owner and attributed accounts; their editorial order is not an assertion of unknown publication or operation clocks. On 8 September, the date-only social footage is placed first in editorial order without asserting its capture time, followed by the 09:59 executive report, the Army’s 15:00 status with an approximate publication window, the 17:46 Neupane-origin plan report and the ambassador’s 17:50:15 publication. Later 17:53 republication of Neupane’s account is supporting evidence, not a second operation. The 90 m, 115 m and 130 m reports retain unresolved observation times and origins; none changes the explicitly selected 4 September 100 m illustrative map anchor. The 8 September evening update appends Dix’s exact 19:40:46 publication and CHCL’s date-only equipment bulletin in editorial reading order; owner placement does not assert a publication or operation clock. The Army’s later 19:00 status is attached to its existing 115 m report, retaining the original 15:00 metadata and a separate approximate publication window. None changes the selected 100 m map anchor. On 9 September, Neupane’s 17:42 publication retains its revised access and completion expectations as plans. The Army’s 18:30 status remains separate from its unresolved exact publication clock and from the drone-search distance. CHCL’s date-only road and pilot-wire bulletin follows in editorial order without implying a later operation or publication time. Six owner photographs remain timeline-only. Reported 140 m reach does not change the selected 100 m map anchor. On 10 September, the station chief’s date-only clearance account is placed before the 08:01:21 Neupane access revision and 13:40 Chaudhary equipment report for editorial reading; this does not assign an unknown clock to Bista’s remarks. The 100 m clearance report is distinct from 140 m entry/search reach and does not move the selected 100 m anchor. Two newly catalogued article photographs are undated timeline-only context. The 10 September date-only CHCL bulletin adds portal electricity availability and a 25 m surface-road gap. On 11 September, Ghising’s date-only attributed assessment is editorially followed by the Army’s 17:30 status-bound road-completion report; publication clocks remain unresolved and editorial order is not an inferred operation clock. The later Nepal Live photo is attached to the existing Chaudhary event as a follow-up, preserving its original report clock. None changes the selected 100 m illustrative map marker. The 14 September review adds separate date-only CHCL bulletins for 11–13 September, an exact 11 September 21:15 Setopati publication about earlier device delivery, and separate Army 12 September 17:30 and 13 September 18:30 status bounds. Status times are not exact publication clocks. The 65 m and 85 m Army machinery-clearance reports and CHCL’s removal within about 90 m do not overwrite prior entry/search reach or the selected 100 m illustrative marker. Nepal Views supports the existing 12 September cleaning operation with a later photo set; its publication clock does not replace the owner’s date-only event.","reported_depth_area":{"anchor_event_id":"evt-chcl-inspection-reach-145m-2026-09-15","supplemental_event_ids":["evt-two-tunnel-recoveries-reported","evt-army-mechanized-clearance-2026-09-14","evt-chilime-dewatering-obstacles-2026-09-14","evt-dhakal-access-distances-2026-09-15"],"anchor_note":"Illustrative position at CHCL’s approximately 145 m personnel inspection reach reported on 15 September, superseding the 14 September 125 m flooded-limit context. This is not fully cleared or safely passable distance. The Army separately reports about 130 m of search through a water-carrying opening; Dhakal describes 100 m-plus machinery and 150 m-plus personnel reach. Their measurement origins, surveyed chainage and precise branches remain unresolved; the figures are not combined. The secondary 170 m claim is unverified and is not used for placement. Historical photographs retain their original placement.","revisions":[{"revision":1,"at":"2026-09-14T19:05:58+05:45","previous_anchor_event_id":"evt-chilime-pump-assisted-return-100m-2026-09-04","note":"Changed selected illustrative event area from the historical 100 m restored reach to the owner-reported 125 m flooded limit; clearance remains separately attributed."},{"revision":2,"at":"2026-09-16T02:04:18+05:45","previous_anchor_event_id":"evt-chcl-flooded-limit-125m-2026-09-14","note":"Selected the newer owner-reported 145 m inspection reach. Retained separate 130 m Army search and 150 m-plus named account; no surveyed geometry or historical image anchors changed."}]}}