Nepal Flood Reconstruction Bill to Hit US$4.78 Billion: Foreign Ministry
The estimate covers recovery and rebuilding needs after floods damaged homes, roads, bridges and hydropower projects, officials said.
- Flood-Hit Nepal will ask wealthier countries and global agencies for $5 billion in financial help this week, framing the rebuilding effort as climate justice for nations that contributed little to the crisis.
- Since the collapse of a Himalayan glacier in late August triggered devastating floods, at least 1,300 people have been confirmed dead and more than 5,300 remain missing across Nepal and Tibet.
- Foreign Minister Shishir Khanal said support should be viewed as 'climate justice' rather than charity, while Nepal's disaster management chief Dharam Raj Uprety added the disaster is 'induced by climate change.'
- Prime Minister Balendra Shah will seek international support at the United Nations on September 24, while Beijing has already extended assistance, foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Thursday.
- Experience from Pakistan's 2022 floods suggests funding may lag; only $3.4 billion of $11 billion in pledges had been disbursed by early 2024, with nearly 42% allocated for oil imports.
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Buddhist monks conducting death rituals in Nepal's Trishuli river valley in September 2026 to honour victims of devastating flash floods. (Usha Titikshu), CC BYWith chances of further sensational hydropower tunnel rescues dimming, the devastating ice-rock avalanche in August at the Nepal-Tibet border and catastrophic floods downstream are no longer making global headlines. But now is the time to pay careful attention to community-centred lessons…
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KalingaTVIndia Continues Relief Efforts in Flood-Hit Nepal, Dispatches 11 Tonnes of Aid Including Medicines, Forensics
Nepal has continued dispatching food and non-food relief materials to affected districts by road and air. NDRRMA said assistance is being provided by government and non-government agencies, private organisations, development partners and civil society groups.
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