TAPLEJUNG, June 19: In the wake of the devastating floods and landslides that caused significant loss of life and property, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal will embark on a visit to the affected regions in eastern Nepal, including Taplejung, Panchthar, and Sankhuwasabha, to assess the situation firsthand.

BAITADI, Oct 27: The recent floods and landslides caused by unseasonal rain have damaged over 50 drinking water projects in Baitadi district. The damage to the drinking water systems has raised further problems for the local residents of the district.

KATHMANDU, Oct 25: Floods and landslides have ravaged lives and physical infrastructures across the country. At such a time, the parliament that takes the issues of the people to the government has remained silent.

BHAJANI, Oct 24: Nepali Congress senior leader Ram Chandra Poudel has called for providing relief to the flood-affected people at the earliest.

BIRATNAGAR, Oct 24: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has assured of relief assistance to the survivors of recent incidents of water-induced disasters across the country.

MAHENDRANAGAR, Oct 22: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has announced that the government will come up with relief packages for the survivors of landslides and floods.

KAILALI, Oct 22: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that the American aid project, Millenium Challenge Corporation (MCC), will be passed by parliament. Speaking at a press conference in Dhangadhi after inspecting the disaster-struck regions in Sudurpaschim Province, PM Deuba said that the MCC will be passed by parliament as it will be under the purview of Nepal’s laws.

KATHMANDU, Oct 21: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has expressed sorrow over the loss of lives and property in floods, landslides, and inundation caused by the recent rains at different parts of the country. The head-of-the-state has also extended condolences to the bereaved families.

SURKHET, Oct 21: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur has said that relief will be sent to the victims of floods and landslides caused by incessant rain. In a Cabinet meeting held earlier on Wednesday, PM Deuba decided to provide relief of Rs 200,000 each to the families of those who died in the natural disasters.

KATHMANDU, Oct 21: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is scheduled to visit the landslide and flood-ravaged areas of Sudurpaschim Province on Thursday to take stock of the situation there.

ITAHARI, Oct 20: Two children were buried to death in a mudslide triggered by incessant rainfall in Dharan-13, Nageshwor Marga. They were buried to death at around 2PM on Tuesday after a mudslide enveloped a one-story house.

KATHMANDU, Oct 20: As many as 31 people have so far lost their lives in natural disasters across the nation following incessant rainfall.

KATHMANDU, Oct 20: As many as 16 people have lost their lives due to floods and landslides following incessant rain across the country. According to our district correspondents, 16 people died after their houses were hit by landslides and floods, while 23 people are still missing.

KATHMANDU, Oct 20: An emergency meeting of the Far-Western Provincial Council of Ministers held on Tuesday decided to provide Rs. 250 million to the Disaster Management Fund.

MELAMCHI, September 4: Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand this morning inspected the flood-affected areas of Helambu and Melamchi in Sindhupalchowk. Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains on June 15 and 30 had caused extensive damage in the two locations.

KATHMANDU, August 28: The Upper Marsyangdi ‘A’ Hydropower Project, which is capable of generating 50 MW of electricity, has been inoperative for the past two and a half months, following the damage to the infrastructure caused by floods and landslides in the region.

KATHMANDU, August 22: Incessant rain in Sindhupalchowk district has put 34 homes in Melamchi Municipality-8 at the risk of landslides. The ongoing risk of landslides has put human settlements in the region at risk.

MANANG, August 21: A new track is being constructed to connect Chame to Upper Manang as the roadway connecting Lower Manang to Upper Manang district remains disrupted due to landslides and floods of May 28 and June 15.

POKHARA, August 14: The construction company that worked on the Siltation Dam for the conservation of Fewa Lake in Pokhara has announced plans to repair the infrastructure that was damaged a month ago. There was widespread criticism surrounding the construction company after the dam was destroyed over a month ago due to heavy rainfall and floods in the region.

KATHMANDU, August 13: Floods started from the influence of Pemdang Stream and Melamchi Stream following the incessant rains on June 15 got blocked at one point of the Melamchi River and it turned more violent as it got mixed with landslide deposition, causing further river erosion. As a result, the Melamchi Bazaar and adjoining settlement suffered a significant loss, according to senior divisional geologist Baskota.

RASUWA, August 13: The landslide that occurred in Gosaikunda Rural Municipality-5 on Friday morning has severely affected four houses in the area while seven others have sustained minor damages. Also, two people have been injured by the natural disaster.

Sindhupalchowk, August 11: Melamchi Municipality has brought in five machines to take the Melamchi and Indrawati rivers back to their original courses. According to Mayor Dambar Aryal, the work to change the rivers’ courses will be completed in 10 days if everything goes as planned.

DOTI, August 10: Eight villages in Doti district are at risk of erosion by the Seti River. Although a wall with gabion wire is built along the river, the erosion has not stopped.

KATHMANDU, August 8: Former Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has expressed his dissatisfaction over the government’s failure to accelerate the work for providing relief supplies to flood and landslide victims of Melamchi in Sindhupalchowk.

KATHMANDU, August 8: Manang has been disconnected from the outside world after natural disasters in the region destroyed all the roadways connecting the Himalayan district. Although preparations are currently underway to connect the region via roadway by Dashain, the task will not be easy, according to the local administration.

MANANG, August 7: Former Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Pampha Bhusal reached Manang today to observe the damage caused by floods and landslides in the region.

KATHMANDU, June 21: At least 20 people died due to monsoon-triggered incidents including floods, landslides and inundation across the country in the past nine days. They include 13 males, four females, three boys and a girl.

KATHMANDU, June 20: The landslides and floods in the past few days have caused damages worth an estimated Rs 10 billion to a number of private hydropower projects, said hydropower producers.

KATHMANDU, June 18: Roads in 31 places across the country have been blocked due to the floods and landslides till Thursday evening. Of them, 15 road sections have been brought into one-way operation.

KATHMANDU, June 17: The floods and landslides triggered by incessant rainfall have caused physical damage of around Rs 3 billion. It is estimated that the under construction 44 MW Super Madi Hydropower Project in Madi of Kaski alone has caused a loss of over Rs 1 billion.

KATHMANDU, July 16: Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara on Monday deferred the House meeting for over a week, drawing criticism from the main opposition Nepali Congress (NC) as well as the ruling party lawmakers representing the areas affected by floods and landslides.