The initial recovery cost of 7.95 billion rupees will cover work over the first four months, including rebuilding roads, setting up temporary shelters and restoring drinking water and electricity.
Nepal has estimated that the devastating floods that hit the country last week caused at least $2.56 billion in damage to property, housing and infrastructure. The government also expects to spend another $52.6 million on early recovery, officials said on Friday. At least 1,259 people have been killed and more than 5,000 remain missing, Nepal’s disaster management agency said. On the Tibet side of the border, China said 21 people had been killed and 541 remained missing as of late Wednesday.
He said the centre did not have the medicine prescribed for his heart condition. But there is a lack of medicine,” he said. Nepal’s disaster authority chief Dharma Raj Uprety said health centres staffed by doctors and stocked with medicines had been established at each shelter. The floods were likely triggered by a glacier collapse, according to authorities. Workers have begun manually opening the upper section of the passage, according to lawmaker Ram Neupane.
“We have been living here for a week. The relief materials are being provided, which is good. Authorities were also prioritising hygiene and sanitation to limit the spread of disease. In a long-awaited breakthrough, two workers were also rescued from the Trishula 3A hydropower tunnel. Nepal’s energy minister shared the updates on the workers trapped for nine days. The government’s early recovery estimate highlights the immediate financial burden created by the disaster.