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Nepal ends search and rescue after flood, focuses on rehabilitation

  • On Monday, Oct 5, Nepal concluded the 40-day search and rescue operation following the August 26 floods, with Prime Minister Balendra Shah overseeing the decision at the 21st National Council meeting of the NDRRMA.
  • The flood originated at the Nepal border with China's Tibet region, devastating the Bhotekoshi-Trishuli area and destroying 12 hydroelectric projects, roads, bridges, farms, and settlements.
  • NDRRMA confirmed at least 1,455 deaths and 13,795 rescues, while 5,285 people remain missing following the disaster.
  • "We are moving from the search and rescue phase to the search and rehabilitation phase," said Phanindra Paudel, chief of the National Emergency Operation Centre, as authorities estimate nearly $5 billion for recovery.
  • NDRRMA chief Dharam Raj Uprety said authorities are initiating legal processes to declare missing persons dead, enabling families to complete insurance and banking formalities while teams continue recovering remains during reconstruction.
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Kathmandu. The government has decided to suspend the search and rescue phase after the Bhotekoshi flood for the time being, except for essential ones. The 21st meeting of the National Council for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management, chaired by Prime Minister Balendra Shah at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers on Monday, decided to direct the concerned bodies to proceed with the reconstruction and rehabilitation work exp…

Kathmandu. The government has decided to postpone the search and rescue phase after Bhotekoshi-Trishuli floods except for urgent reasons. Today, under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Valendra Shah, the National Council for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management, sitting in the office of the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers, in its 21st meeting, decided to give directions to the related bodies to rapidly advance the work of reconstr…

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Nepal Press : Facts First, Truth Foremost – Online News Portal from Nepal in Nepali Language broke the news on Monday, October 5, 2026.
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