A man working at the under-construction 900-megawatt Arun III Hydropower Project died after he was hit by a falling rock inside the project's audit-2 tunnel at Amarang of Makalu Rural municipality-5 on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Prem Rai (27) of Silichong Rural Municipality-5. The District Police Office, Sankhuwasabha said the incident occurred last night.

Critically injured in the incident, Rai breathed his last during the course of treatment at the Sankhuwasabha District Hospital this morning.

The injured have been identified as Samamati Walita (23) and Saimuddin Ali (23) of Guwahati, India.  They are receiving treatment at the same hospital. Over 300 workers including from India have been hired for the project. The lack of a health facility at the project site has caused problems for them during health emergencies. In some cases, they are likely to face life-threatening circumstances in absence of timely treatment.  I In addition to that, workers demand regular health-checkup services for them.