India is “first responder” to Nepal, assures PM Modi as flood hits Nepal

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Nepalese service  unit   get   acceptable   to rescue survivors aft  a flood successful  Jhapa territory  eastbound  of Nepal, Sunday, October 5, 2025. (Nepal Army via AP)

Nepalese service unit get acceptable to rescue survivors aft a flood successful Jhapa territory eastbound of Nepal, Sunday, October 5, 2025. (Nepal Army via AP) | Photo Credit: AP

India is committed to assistance Nepal arsenic it has been a “first responder” whenever the state has faced a earthy calamity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said connected Sunday, arsenic dense rains caused wide demolition and nonaccomplishment of lives successful the Himalayan nation. The catastrophe has added to the strain connected Nepal, which is nether an interim authorities formed aft past month’s Gen-Z protestation that overthrew the authorities of Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli.

“The nonaccomplishment of lives and harm caused by dense rains successful Nepal is distressing. We basal with the radical and Government of Nepal successful this hard time. As a affable neighbour and archetypal responder, India remains committed to providing immoderate assistance that whitethorn beryllium required,” Mr. Modi said.

Nepal’s upwind section warned connected Sunday that the h2o level successful the Kosi, Tamor, Arun, and Sunkoshi rivers was expected to travel supra information levels, with a precocious anticipation of flash floods successful smaller rivers crossed Ilam, Jhapa, Morang, Panchthar, Terhathum, Dhankuta, Sunsari, Udayapur, Saptari, Siraha, and Dhanusa districts.

According to archetypal reports, astatine slightest 47 radical are feared dead, with infrastructure washed distant successful respective places. The swelling of the Kosi has besides raised the flood menace successful northbound Bihar, arsenic the cross-border stream is often blamed for inundation successful the region.

Published - October 05, 2025 09:42 p.m. IST

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