{"id":434841,"date":"2026-08-27T11:23:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T05:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=434841"},"modified":"2026-08-27T11:23:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T05:38:14","slug":"pm-entire-state-machinery-mobilised-for-swift-rescue-of-flood-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/08\/27\/434841.html","title":{"rendered":"PM: Entire state machinery mobilised for swift rescue of flood victims"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Kathmandu: <\/strong>Prime Minister Balendra Shah has said that the entire state machinery has been mobilised for the swift rescue and relief of people affected by the recent floods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a social media post today, Prime Minister Shah said the government is working to speed up rescue and relief operations amid the unprecedented disaster facing the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said rescue flights began at around 6:30 this morning, with more than 15 flights already carried out, while additional helicopters remain on standby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nepali Army has rescued 95 people, including 21 Indian nationals from Timure in Rasuwa and seven Nepali nationals from a tunnel in Haku.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister Shah said essential relief supplies, including generators, portable mobile towers, medical equipment, tents, and machinery for cutting iron and stone, are being sent to affected areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said temporary arrangements for mobile connectivity and charging facilities will soon be established in the disaster-hit areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A temporary camp has also been set up in Nuwakot, with food and water made available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister Shah said drone surveys to collect information from affected areas are in their final stage, which will help make rescue and relief operations more effective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that priority during helicopter rescues will be given to the sick, elderly, women and children, and urged people to remain patient and cooperate with the rescue and relief efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a social media post today, Prime Minister Shah said the government is working to speed up rescue and relief operations amid the unprecedented disaster facing the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":434812,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3,4,76,5],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-434841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-en-cover","category-english","category-en-news","category-society","category-top-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434841"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434841"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":434842,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434841\/revisions\/434842"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434841"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=434841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}