Nepali Army Fully Prepared for Disaster Management Operations

Kathmandu – The Nepali Army has announced the completion of its preparations for this year by incorporating its past experiences in disaster management. According to Assistant Rathi Rajaram Basnet, the Army’s spokesperson, during the flood on October 5 last year that impacted Kathmandu and various other parts of the country, the Nepali Army’s rescue teams were actively deployed and similar preparedness continues to this day. He recalled that due to relentless rainfall at that time, 28 flood-affected locations within the Kathmandu Valley had been preemptively assigned Army units equipped with necessary tools to minimize disaster-related losses and conduct rescue operations.

Furthermore, last year in Bhaktapur’s Changunarayan-6, Bastola village faced continuous landslides from local cliffs, placing the settlement at risk. The Army unit deployed from Ranashur Gulm in Kharipati, Bhaktapur, successfully relocated locals to safer locations. In Kathmandu’s Budhanilkantha 10, Akashedhara area, when fallen trees blocked roads, the Fast Rifle Battalion efficiently cleared the obstruction. Similarly, in Lalitpur Metropolitan City-9, Chyasal, when a tree swept away by floodwaters beneath the Bagmati river bridge caused blockages in the river, the Rajdal Battalion was dispatched to clear the obstruction. Basnet also highlighted that the Nepali Army carried out successful search and rescue operations in various locations outside the valley last year.