Kathmandu, Dec 27 (PTI) Two waterworks engineers have died in an accident at a hydropower project in east Nepal, officials said on Monday.

Trial runs were held at the 86-megawatt hydropower plant in Solukhumbu district, 160 km east of Kathmandu, on Sunday, when the penstock pipe of the project burst.

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The deceased received grievous injuries from the force of the water and were said to have died on the spot. A third engineer is receiving treatment at a hospital in Kathmandu.

Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Pampha Bhusal condoled the deaths.

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