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As monsoon floods and landslides hit Nepal again this July, the government has locked in free helicopters, drones and river-rescue teams for the next…
By Laxman Rawal · Jul 21, 2026
Nepal's disaster authority just did something unusual: instead of waiting for the next flood or landslide to overwhelm government resources, as happens most monsoons, it locked in free private-sector rescue capacity in advance, in writing, for an entire year…
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It's also a sign of how Nepal's disaster response has matured since the 2015 earthquake exposed how thin official capacity was against a wave of foreign-donated helicopters and ad hoc volunteer efforts. The lesson repeated in 2021, when a glacial-lake…
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What this means for you This pact is squarely a monsoon-season measure — it won't be relevant to the October–November or March–April high seasons when most of our clients trek, since those months fall outside the June-to-September window it covers. But if…
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