Drone takes relief to disaster-hit families

In a first for Nepal, a non-profit uses a drone to fly relief to settlements cut off by floods and landslides in Kavre.

In September last week, rain-induced disasters devastated dozens of districts, including Kavrepalanchok, a hill district of Bagmati Province, causing a huge loss of life and property. Hundreds of families were displaced and critical infrastructure destroyed. In their wake, the government has intensified relief efforts by declaring scores of local units of the affected districts, including eight local units of Kavrepalanchok, as ‘disaster crisis zones’.