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Government Fails to Provide Accurate Flood Damage Details, Families Await News of Missing Loved Ones

english.ratopati.com · Wed Oct 07 03:27:32 GMT 2026

Nearly a month has passed since the devastating flood in the Bhote Koshi on Bhadra 10th, which ravaged markets, settlements, and lives along the Bhote Koshi-Trishuli riverbanks from the Timure customs point to Mugling. However, the government has not yet released an accurate assessment of the damage. Forget physical property damage, the government doesn't even have the real figures of human casualties.

How many lost their lives inside the tunnel? From which place did the flood wash away how many people? How many passenger vehicles were washed away? How many cargo vehicles carrying goods were washed away? How many of their drivers survived? What was the human and physical damage to schools and students? How many went missing? How many of them were Nepali, how many foreigners? The government has not been able to provide accurate answers to these questions to date.

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