Mountain villages bearing direct brunt of climate change
Avalanches and landslides intensify in the upper regions while droughts and heatwaves have surged in the plains
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Avalanches and landslides intensify in the upper regions while droughts and heatwaves have surged in the plains
Amarpur-Dhungesanghu transmission project to help divert power from Kabeli corridor to Koshi corridor.
KATHMANDU, Jan 27: On June 14, 2023, the employees working in the under-construction Super Hewakhola hydropower project at Chainpur, Sankhuwasabha, went to sleep after having dinner. The heavy flood in Hewakhola at around 9:30 PM not only washed away 18 workers along with their tents built on the river bank, but also damaged more than half a dozen structures of the project.
Nepal ranks 10th among nations most affected by climate change, according to the Global Climate Risk Index 2021.
At least 30 projects in east suffered damage worth Rs8.5 billion due to floods and landslides in season’s first rains.