Nepal floods: The Himalayas are melting faster – and India’s economy is ‘at risk’
“This is national and international infrastructure,” he said, warning that the ecological system underpinning it is “approaching a…
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“This is national and international infrastructure,” he said, warning that the ecological system underpinning it is “approaching a…
According to the project manager, the powerhouse is about 60 metres further down the tunnel. The rescue teams were to continue working through the night to reach it, says India’s Ambassador to Nepal
For 10 days, Nepali hydropower worker Sanjay Sah survived in darkness inside a flooded tunnel, drinking muddy water and losing all sense of time as he desperately prayed for rescue. When a disaster response team finally pulled him to safety on September 4, Sah’s first question showed how deeply the ordeal had disoriented him. “When I was rescued I first asked, how many days has it been?” Sah, aged 30, said in an interview, while on his way back home in Saptari district on Sunday. “He said that...
India has sent more than 130 tonnes of relief material and deployed 54 expert personnel to support Nepal's rescue, relief and forensic operations, according to the MEA.
Mr. Sah was among hundreds of workers at a series of hydropower projects hit by the catastrophic August 26 flood
Mujib Mashal, our South Asia bureau chief, travels to points along a river in Nepal that turned into a deadly torrent, killing more than 1,300 people and leaving over 5,000 more missing as entire, towns bridges and roads were swept away.
Survivors tell the stories of the people and places buried under the mud after a disaster in Nepal.
The former rapper is the world's youngest national leader, having taken the top job just six months ago. His response to the flooding crisis is being closely watched.
Rescuers clawing through a hydropower tunnel clogged with mud, water and rock have found a pocket of air near where six workers are believed to be trapped.
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