Prime minister tells parliament the disaster in Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading is a shared national tragedy as the government details its search, rescue and relief efforts.
Families are demanding answers as mud and debris block access to hydropower plants where dozens of workers are feared trapped after the Bhotekoshi flood.
Twenty-three workers from Bardiya, who narrowly escaped the flood in Rasuwa, returned home on Sunday after spending days stranded in the disaster zone.
In Parliament, the prime minister defended the government’s response to the August 26 disaster, addressing criticism over warnings, body management, foreign assistance, tunnel rescues and coordination with provincial and local authorities.
Some Nepalis survived the Bhotekoshi and Rasuwa flood by luck, not by warning. Their story, and interviews with the officials who built Nepal’s flood alert system, exposes their limits and shows how a knowable risk went unmonitored for years.
Counselling should extend beyond the worst-affected districts to places where affected people have relocated or come from.
When the flood washed away the roads, helicopters were the only way out. So why were politicians and camera crews hogging them?
The missing include 83 security personnel and 64 local representatives and government employees, according to government data, as the overall number of people unaccounted for reaches 3,916.
The United States threatened more devastating strikes. Iran accused Washington of hitting a wedding party, killing five people and wounding dozens.
In the House of Representatives on Wednesday, leaders urged a coordinated response to the Bhotekoshi disaster as opposition parties criticised delays in tunnel rescues.
In Parliament, the prime minister defended the government’s response to the August 26 disaster, addressing criticism over warnings, body management, foreign assistance, tunnel rescues and coordination with provincial and local authorities.
His government is seeking to turn the country’s growing exposure to Himalayan disasters into a diplomatic campaign for greater international support and compensation.
Prime minister tells parliament the disaster in Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading is a shared national tragedy as the government details its search, rescue and relief efforts.
Search crews are clearing debris, draining flooded tunnels and blasting through rock as operations continue at several projects in flood-hit Rasuwa and Nuwakot.
Preliminary estimate based on satellite imagery, damage assessments and engineering estimates.
The reopening of the G216 highway allows heavy equipment to reach the devastated Gyirong border area as Chinese and Nepali rescuers continue searching for hundreds of people missing after floods and landslides.
Traffic halted after a three-metre-wide section of the highway sank at Pataleban, with small vehicles diverted through the Nagdhunga tunnel.
Some Nepalis survived the Bhotekoshi and Rasuwa flood by luck, not by warning. Their story, and interviews with the officials who built Nepal’s flood alert system, exposes their limits and shows how a knowable risk went unmonitored for years.
Twenty-three workers from Bardiya, who narrowly escaped the flood in Rasuwa, returned home on Sunday after spending days stranded in the disaster zone.
Sood Charity Foundation brings food and blankets to flood-hit areas, with the actor saying assistance will continue in the coming months.
Families are demanding answers as mud and debris block access to hydropower plants where dozens of workers are feared trapped after the Bhotekoshi flood.
This year’s procession honoured victims of the Bhotekoshi floods while continuing a tradition of using music, performance and satire to reflect on society.
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