Completion of the Hanuman Nagar barrage on March 31, 1963, was considered a feat. A few months later the first breach in the Kosi embankment happened near Dalwa village in Nepal, a few kilometres from the border with India. Celebrations for the completion of the project were still on when a section of the embankment was washed away on August 20. A retired line (secondary embankment), constructed

On September 16, the Special Task Force constituted by the Indian prime minister put a figure on the destruction caused by floods in Bihar: Rs 25,000 crore. The Bihar government was seeking Rs 9,000 crore for flood relief; the Centre had released Rs 1,000 crore.

Cooking gas plants that generate gas from bio-degradable household waste would be useful in addressing the current fuel crisis and waste disposal problem in the capital. But the technology has largely been ignored.

Three persons, including a minor, died and dozens other fell sick due to an outbreak of diarrhea in a Chepang settlement in Makwanpur district within the past few days, reports said.
Thaila Chepang, 70, Kanchha Chepang, 20, and five-year-old Bhamu Chepang of Bharta VDC died after suffering from a serious bout of diarrhea that spread in the settlement since Thursday.

Bangladesh has donated one lakh US dollar to Nepal for the welfare of the flood victims.

Bangladesh Ambassador to Nepal Imtiaz Ahmed handed over a cheque of the donation to Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal (Prachanda) at Prime Minister's residence at Baluwatar in Kathmandu on Saturday, said a press release.

- Nepali Congress (NC) President and outgoing Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala on Tuesday accused the government of not being serious over the rehabilitation of the displaced people by the Koshi flood and re-construction of the highways.

The meeting of the Indo-Nepal Joint Committee on Water Resources in Kathmandu agreed to set up an authority to undertake the 6,000-MW Pancheshwar multi- purpose project on the Mahakali river and expedite work on preparation of the Detailed Project Report (DPR) on Saptkosi High Dam on the Kosi.

Promoters of the 101-megawatt Tamor-Mewa hydroelectric project in Taplejung district have accused the Ministry of Water Resources of treating them unjustly by not renewing the survey license for the project.

Kantipur Rastriya Bipatti Sahayog Kosh gave Rs 8.2 million to Minister for Home Affairs Bamdev Gautam for flood victims in the far-western region of the country.
Chairman and Managing Director of Kantipur Publications, Kailash Sirohiya handed over a cheque bearing the amount at a function held at the Home Ministry on Wednesday.