A week after the Bhote Koshi flood in Nepal, authorities have moved from rescue to relief and reconstruction. Nepal Police reported 1,127 dead and 4,858 missing, while hundreds of Indian nationals remain unaccounted for.
Nepal's government has shifted its focus from rescue to relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction a week after the Aug 26 Bhote Koshi flood, as hopes of finding survivors across most of the devastated corridor fade. Search teams are still digging into hydropower tunnels where workers could be alive in chambers or air pockets. Nepal Police on Wednesday put the toll at 1,127 dead and 4,858 missing. For Indian families, uncertainty continues: India's last detailed missing-person update listed 275 nationals and 128 persons of Indian origin as missing or uncontactable. India later said 163 of its nationals had been rescued in Nepal but did not issue a revised missing count. Across the border in Tibet, Chinese authorities also raised their death toll, though the report gave no further details.
A week after the Bhote Koshi flood in Nepal, authorities have moved from rescue to relief and reconstruction. Nepal Police reported 1,127 dead and 4,858 missing, while hundreds of Indian nationals remain unaccounted for.
Nepal's government has shifted its focus from rescue to relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction a week after the Aug 26 Bhote Koshi flood, as hopes of finding survivors across most of the devastated corridor fade. Search teams are still digging into hydropower tunnels where workers could be alive in chambers or air pockets. Nepal Police on Wednesday put the toll at 1,127 dead and 4,858 missing. For Indian families, uncertainty continues: India's last detailed missing-person update listed 275 nationals and 128 persons of Indian origin as missing or uncontactable. India later said 163 of its nationals had been rescued in Nepal but did not issue a revised missing count. Across the border in Tibet, Chinese authorities also raised their death toll, though the report gave no further details.