Rescue operations inside hydropower tunnels prove challenging

Nepal, Sept. 2 -- A total of 894 people working at 11 hydropower projects are missing after floods in the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli rivers. The highest number of missing workers, 73, are from the 216 M... Read More

Met body warns of high flash flood risk in Bhotekoshi-Trishuli basin

Nepal, Sept. 2 -- The Flood Forecasting Division, the Centre of Hydrology and Water Resources Research, has reported that the water levels in the Bhotekoshi, Trishuli, and nearby rivers are expected t... Read More

2,281 flood-affected people receiving shelter and relief at 18 temporary sites: PM Shah

Nepal, Sept. 2 -- Prime Minister Balendra Shah has said the government immediately mobilized various mechanisms for search and rescue, treatment and relief following the Bhotekoshi flood in Rasuwa. A... Read More

Tunnel rescue hindered by unusual flood conditions, not lack of manpower: PM Shah

Nepal, Sept. 2 -- Prime Minister Balendra Shah has said rescue operations inside hydropower project tunnels following the Bhotekoshi flood in Rasuwa have been hampered not by a shortage of manpower bu... Read More

Cities Cannot Conquer Geography

Nepal, Sept. 2 -- Urbanization can enlarge human possibilities, but only when cities align technology, social equity, and economic ambition with the environmental realities of place. "The resilient ci... Read More

Still too early to give up hope, energy minister tells families of those missing in Chilime

Nepal, Sept. 2 -- Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Biraj Bhakta Shrestha met with the families of people who remain unaccounted for at the Chilime Hydropower Project and assured the... Read More

NEPSE soars 15.44 points, double-digit growth in one month

Nepal, Sept. 2 -- The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) on Wednesday rose 15.44 points, a second consecutive day incline after the Rasuwa flood hit the region, and closed at 2,538 points. Nepal economic an... Read More

NEPSE rises 9.24 points, after six days' of successive fall

Nepal, Sept. 1 -- The Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) on Tuesday rose 9.24 points; the first day rise after the market index went to straight falls for consecutive six days following the Bhotekoshi-Trish... Read More

At least Rs 30 billion needed to rebuild flood-damaged roads, bridges

Nepal, Sept. 1 -- The Department of Roads has made an initial estimate that at least Rs 30 billion will be needed to reconstruct and repair roads and bridges damaged by the Bhotekoshi flood. Accordin... Read More

Govt expedites reconstruction of Rasuwagadhi road connection in new alignment

Nepal, Sept. 1 -- The government has expedited reconstruction of the road connecting Rasuwagadhi in a new alignment. According to the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport (MoPIT), it has... Read More

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