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KATHMANDU: An all-party meeting has been scheduled for today to discuss the Bhotekoshi flood disaster, including the search for missing people, rescue operations, relief distribution and rehabilitation. According to Jagadish Kharel, spokesperson for the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), the meeting will be held at 2 pm at the RSP parliamentary party office in Singha Durbar. […]
KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Infrastructure Development has formed a task force to help restore normalcy for citizens affected by the Bhotekoshi River floods in Rasuwa. According to the Ministry, the task force has been formed with the objective of carrying out initial rehabilitation and necessary management works within 21 days. The task force will facilitate […]
KATHMANDU: President Ram Chandra Paudel held a meeting with Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) Chair Rabi Lamichhane on Monday. According to Lamichhane’s secretariat, the meeting focused on the flooding along the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli rivers, the damage caused by the disaster, and the ongoing rescue and relief efforts. Lamichhane briefed President Paudel on the situation after […]
KATHMANDU: Prime Minister Balendra Shah held a meeting with Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) Chair Rabi Lamichhane on Monday to discuss the government’s ongoing rescue, relief and rehabilitation efforts in areas affected by the recent flooding in Rasuwa. The meeting, held at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers in Singha Durbar, focused […]
KATHMANDU: Thirty-three of the 48 people injured in the Bhotekoshi River flood in Rasuwa and brought to the National Trauma Center for treatment have been discharged after their health conditions improved. According to District Police Range Kathmandu spokesperson Superintendent of Police Dan Bahadur Thapa, 48 injured people were rescued and brought to the National Trauma Center. […]
KATHMANDU: Prime Minister (PM) Balendra Shah (Balen) and Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) Chair Rabi Lamichhane held a meeting on Monday at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers in Singha Durbar. During the meeting, they discussed the government’s search and rescue, relief distribution and civilian management efforts in areas affected by Wednesday’s […]
KATHMANDU: Prime Minister (PM) Balendra Shah (Balen) and Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) Chair Rabi Lamichhane are meeting at Singha Durbar. Lamichhane arrived at Singha Durbar at around 2:30 p.m. to meet Prime Minister Shah. According to an RSP leader, the two are discussing various issues, including the rescue and relief of people affected by the floods […]
KATHMANDU: Expressing solidarity with people affected by the disaster in Nepal, Indian state of Sikkim has sent essential relief and health supplies. Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Gole on Monday saw off a team from the ‘Sikkim Krantikari Morcha’ carrying relief and health supplies under the “Sikkim for Nepal” campaign. Chief Minister Gole said the initiative reflects Sikkim’s […]
RASUWA: A Nepali Army (NA) rescue team has returned to Dhunche after finding no one inside the tunnel of the Rasuwagadhi Hydropower Project, which was affected by flooding in the Bhotekoshi River on Wednesday (August 26). A search and rescue operation was launched after concerns arose that people might be trapped at the far end […]
RASUWA: Home Minister Sudan Gurung is heading to the Upper Trishuli-3 ‘A’ hydropower project site, where 42 people remain unaccounted for. Gurung is traveling to the site with equipment needed to break through the barrier blocking the tunnel entrance. He is also taking a breaker to assist in the rescue operation. An Indian rescue team […]
KATHMANDU: Prime Minister (PM) Balendra Shah (Balen) is holding briefings with the chiefs of Nepal’s security agencies to address the crisis caused by the Bhotekoshi flood. Prime Minister Shah has been in discussions since Monday morning. Earlier, he received a briefing from Chief of Army Staff of the Nepal Army, Ashok Raj Sigdel. According to […]
SUNSARI: Twenty-two gates of the Koshi Barrage have been opened as the water level in the Saptakoshi River continues to rise. According to a water-level measurement taken this morning, 21 gates were open when the flow at the Koshi Barrage reached 184,785 cusecs. Chandra Bahadur Khadka, Information Officer at the District Police Office, Sunsari, said […]
KATHMANDU: Prime Minister Balendra Shah has said the government is firmly working to protect citizens and manage the aftermath of the devastating floods in the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli rivers, despite challenges in search, rescue and relief operations. In a social media statement on Sunday, the fifth day since the floods, Shah said adverse weather, difficult […]
KATHMANDU: Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) Chair Rabi Lamichhane has expressed dissatisfaction with the conduct of some of his party’s lawmakers in flood-affected areas, warning them against unnecessary visits, publicity stunts and inappropriate behaviour. Lamichhane criticised lawmakers who visited flood-hit areas of Nuwakot and Rasuwa following Wednesday’s devastating floods and allegedly filmed unnecessary videos and engaged […]
KATHMANDU: Foreign Secretary Amrit Bahadur Rai has said the government is receiving international assistance as needed for search, rescue and relief operations in areas affected by the Bhotekoshi floods. Speaking at a programme organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday to brief the media on the government’s response to the Bhotekoshi floods, Rai […]
KATHMANDU: Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) Chair Rabi Lamichhane has stepped up efforts to coordinate with local and provincial governments four days after floods hit several districts, amid growing concerns over a lack of coordination among the three tiers of government. On Sunday, Lamichhane held telephone conversations with elected representatives from flood-hit Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading. […]
KATHMANDU: Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) chair Rabi Lamichhane has instructed party lawmakers not to visit flood-hit Rasuwa and Nuwakot merely as tourists. Lamichhane issued the directive after RSP lawmakers were seen visiting flood-affected areas, including on government helicopters, prompting criticism over their conduct. Lawmakers Reema Bishwakarma, Sagar Dhakal, Badan Bhandari and Jwala Sangraula faced criticism […]
KATHMANDU: Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) chair Rabi Lamichhane has begun discussions with local representatives from flood- and landslide-affected areas of Rasuwa, Nuwakot and Dhading, four days after the disaster. Lamichhane held telephone conversations with local government chiefs on Sunday and pledged to immediately coordinate with the federal government on rescue, relief and rehabilitation efforts. From […]
KATHMANDU: Rescue efforts for workers and engineers trapped inside the Upper Trishuli-3A Hydropower Project tunnel have made progress, with a joint rescue team reaching the tunnel’s main section. Nepali Army engineers have carried out drilling and blasting operations to establish access to the tunnel. A 90-member joint team, comprising 66 Nepali Army personnel, a specialised […]
NUWAKOT: Excavators and dozers have been brought to Battar in Nuwakot as part of efforts to rescue people trapped in the Upper Trishuli-3A hydropower project area following the floods. According to the Nepali Army, the heavy equipment will be dismantled at Battar and transported by helicopter to the affected site. The Army said a team […]
KATHMANDU: A technical team, including personnel from the Nepali Army, has been mobilised to carry out search and rescue operations at the Trishuli-3B hydropower project site, which was affected by the Bhotekoshi flood in Rasuwa. According to the Secretariat of the Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, a team comprising Nepali Army personnel, the […]
KATHMANDU: Two Chinese military cargo planes landed in Kathmandu on Sunday morning carrying relief supplies for victims of the Bhotekoshi floods. Minister for Innovation Mahabir Pun received the relief supplies from Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Zhang Maoming. China has provided 13,200 relief items for flood victims, including tarpaulins, blankets, sleeping bags, compressed dry food and […]
KATHMANDU: Although authorities raised the alert after reports of increased flow in the Bhotekoshi River in northern Rasuwa, there is currently no risk of major flooding, according to the Flood Forecasting Division. According to the latest information received from the District Police Offices in Rasuwa and Nuwakot, the river’s water level has risen slightly in […]
KATHMANDU: The Bhotekoshi River in Rasuwa has flooded again, prompting the local administration to urge residents in downstream areas to remain vigilant. Rasuwa Assistant Chief District Officer Drupa Prasad Adhikari said the Bhotekoshi has risen again following a flood through the Lhende River. Adhikari urged residents living along the riverbanks to remain alert and take […]
KATHMANDU: Rescue efforts to evacuate people trapped inside the tunnel of the Trishuli-3A Hydropower Project have made significant progress, with rescuers successfully drilling a small opening through the tunnel’s upper section, or crown. Home Minister Sudhan Gurung said the drilling has reached the crown of the tunnel and air is now being sent inside through […]
KATHMANDU: Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar has expressed gratitude to the Nepali Army and the Nepal government for rescuing and assisting Indian nationals affected by the devastating floods in Nepal. The Nepali Army rescued Indian tourists, pilgrims and workers stranded in flood-affected areas and provided them with food and shelter before moving them to safety. […]
KATHMANDU: The government says 7,514 people have so far been rescued from areas affected by the devastating Bhotekoshi River floods in Rasuwa on Bhadra 10. Prime Minister Balen Shah said in a social media post that security agencies, including the Nepali Army, Nepal Police and Armed Police Force, have continued rescue, search and relief operations […]
KATHMANDU: Minister for Agriculture, Forest and Environment Geeta Chaudhary held discussions with federal lawmakers on Saturday regarding the immediate delivery of relief supplies to areas affected by the Bhotekoshi floods. During the discussion, Minister Chaudhary stressed the need for effective coordination among concerned agencies to promptly deliver essential supplies, including food, clean drinking water, medicines […]
KATHMANDU: A total of 208 people, including 43 foreign nationals, have been rescued from the tunnel of the Trishuli-3 Hydropower Project in Rasuwa as part of the ongoing rescue operation following the Bhotekoshi floods. The Nepali Army said its helicopters rescued 208 people from the affected tunnel by Saturday afternoon, including 38 Chinese and five […]
RASUWA: Rescue efforts have intensified to evacuate workers trapped inside the tunnel of the Trishuli-3A Hydropower Project in Rasuwa, with reports indicating that a rescue team has managed to reach the tunnel. The first controlled blast carried out on Saturday as part of the rescue operation was completed successfully. Two excavators are currently being used […]
KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress (NC) leader and main opposition party leader Bhishma Angdembe met Prime Minister Balendra Shah and drawn the government’s attention to the need to intensify rescue and relief efforts for victims of the Bhotekoshi flood. At a meeting held at the Prime Minister’s Office in Singha Durbar today, Angdembe submitted a nine-point memorandum […]
RASUWA: The government has intensified search and rescue efforts to locate and rescue people believed to be trapped inside the tunnel of the Trishuli-3 ‘A’ Hydropower Project in Rasuwa. After receiving information that people were trapped inside the tunnel, authorities intensified efforts to clear the tunnel entrance from Saturday morning. Rescue teams have been working […]
KATHMANDU: Two Chinese military cargo planes carrying relief supplies for victims of the Bhotekoshi flood are scheduled to arrive in Nepal today, Saturday. A source at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the two aircraft carrying relief materials are scheduled to arrive in Nepal today in coordination with the ministry. China is also sending two […]
KATHMANDU: The government has appealed to drone pilots, operators, organizations and media outlets to provide aerial photos and videos captured in flood- and disaster-affected areas. The government is working to integrate aerial imagery, videos and mapping data collected by drones in affected areas. Various forms of data captured during floods and other disasters have already […]
KATHMANDU: The Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has decided to donate Rs 3 million to support relief, rescue and rehabilitation efforts for families and communities affected by the Bhotekoshi flood. CAN Secretary Paras Khadka said in a press release issued on Saturday that the association would provide the amount to support citizens affected by the […]
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