Victims injured in the devastating BhoteKoshi and Trishuli floods have started returning home after recovering from their injuries at hospitals in Kathmandu.
Rescue operations have been intensified to save employees and workers trapped inside the Trishuli-3A Hydropower Project tunnel following the devastating floods.
Prime Minister Balendra Shah has departed for Bidur, Nuwakot, to inspect areas affected by the devastating floods in the Rasuwa–Bhote Koshi region and assess ongoing rescue and relief efforts.
Severe flooding in the Bhote Koshi and Trishuli rivers has caused major human and physical damage to hydropower projects in Rasuwa, with more than 200 employees and workers reported missing or trapped.
The death toll from the devastating floods linked to the Bhote Koshi River has reached 258, while 910 people remain unaccounted for across the country, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority.
Nasa Securities has deposited Rs. 50 million into the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund to support rescue and relief efforts for citizens affected by the devastating Bhote Koshi flood in Rasuwa.
Electricity supply has resumed in Battar and Trishuli Bazaar areas of Nuwakot after the Bhote Koshi flood disrupted the regular power distribution system.
Authorities have stopped vehicles heading from Kathmandu Valley toward Dhading, Rasuwa and Chitwan amid rising flood risks along the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river corridors.
RSP Chair Ravi Lamichhane has urged party leaders, members and supporters to prioritize public safety, rescue and humanitarian assistance amid the flood disaster in Rasuwa.
The government has made Nepal Telecom’s phone and data services free in four flood-affected districts and eased helicopter approval requirements to speed up rescue and relief operations.
Authorities have urged people to remain highly alert as a natural dam formed upstream of the Bhotekoshi River could burst at any time, potentially triggering another major flood.
More than 25 workers have been trapped inside the tunnel of the under-construction 20 MW Langtang Hydropower Project in Rasuwa after floods or landslides blocked their way out.