Palpa officials put flood and landslide damage at Rs 377.5–400 million

Floods and landslides in Palpa district caused damage that local officials put at between Rs 377.5 million and Rs 400 million, depending on the report. The figures appeared in reports from October 29 to 31.

Annapurna Post reported that the District Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Committee put the damage from the floods, landslides and rain of Asoj (the Nepali month that ran from September 17 to October 17) at about Rs 400 million. Nagarik and Ratopati quoted Chief District Officer Bhabishwar Pandey, who chairs the committee, as saying preliminary details show damage of about Rs 377.5 million (Rs 377,536,692). The itemised estimates from the district offices, listed below, add up to the lower figure, and Annapurna Post printed the same itemised figures.

Pandey said the continuous rain, floods and landslides of Asoj 8 to 11 (September 24 to 27, 2026) caused heavy physical and economic damage in the district. According to him, 102 people have died in disaster incidents in Palpa over the past ten years, five of them in the floods, landslides and rain of Asoj. Over that period 358 people were injured and five went missing, he said. Annapurna Post attributed the same casualty figures to the committee.

Roads

The Division Road Office in Palpa estimated that repairing six road projects will cost Rs 168.3 million. Landslides, road subsidence and erosion hit sections of the Siddhartha Highway, the Madan Bhandari Highway and the Kaligandaki Corridor, among other roads, and traffic stopped on the Bhimad–Rampur–Mityal–Arun Khola road after the bridge at Keladi Ghat was damaged. The Road Infrastructure Office said Rs 37.5 million is needed to repair and reopen eight provincial roads, including the Tansen–Ranimahal road, where landslides and subsidence were reported.

Irrigation, embankments and drinking water

The Water Resources and Irrigation Development Division said 14 irrigation projects need Rs 39.5 million to rebuild, and that embankment work at Madiphant needs about Rs 88.7 million. The Drinking Water and Sanitation Office said 70 drinking water projects were affected and that repairs would cost Rs 24 million.

Agriculture and livestock

The Agriculture Knowledge Center in Palpa reported crop damage of Rs 14,995,692, or about Rs 15 million. The Veterinary Hospital and Livestock Service Expert Center reported Rs 4.575 million in damage to livestock and fisheries, with Bagnaskali Rural Municipality hit hardest (Rs 2.77 million), ahead of Tansen Municipality (Rs 1.085 million) and Mathagadhi Rural Municipality (Rs 720,000). Annapurna Post and Ratopati reported that 129 houses and other structures were damaged.

Response and preparedness

A meeting of the district's federal parliament members, the District Coordination Committee, political parties, the heads of all ten local governments and the heads of government offices decided that all sides should work responsibly in their areas and take care to limit further damage. Pandey said the agencies concerned have been told to stay prepared, and the District Administration Office asked residents to stay alert for unseasonal rain.