{"id":434872,"date":"2026-08-27T16:08:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T10:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/?p=434872"},"modified":"2026-08-27T16:08:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T10:23:30","slug":"reconstruction-mega-campaign-to-be-launched-in-flood-ravaged-areas-finance-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/2026\/08\/27\/434872.html","title":{"rendered":"Reconstruction mega-campaign to be launched in flood-ravaged areas: Finance Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Kathmandu:<\/strong> Finance Minister Dr Swarnim Wagle has said the government is working to ensure that there is no shortage of resources and logistics needed for the immediate rescue and relief of flood-affected people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking to the media after an all-party meeting on the damage caused by the Bhotekoshi floods, Finance Minister Wagle said the government is committed to providing all necessary resources for rescue and relief operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the government will focus on rescue and relief efforts over the next few days, while the rescue of Nepali citizens and foreign tourists continues as weather conditions permit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finance Minister Wagle said Rs 2.34 billion is available in the Prime Minister Disaster Relief Fund, while the Ministry of Finance has already allocated Rs 1.17 billion to the Ministry of Home Affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said long- and medium-term reconstruction work will begin after rescue and relief operations are completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Describing the scale of destruction as enormous, Finance Minister Wagle said the government plans to launch a massive reconstruction campaign, similar to the campaign carried out after the 2015 earthquake, once the full extent of the damage is assessed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the government is also mobilising international assistance. According to Minister Wagle, the World Bank has committed around Rs 2.5 billion in financial assistance, while China, India, Japan, the Asian Development Bank and the International Federation of the Red Cross have also pledged immediate support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Finance Minister said around 25 concrete bridges and a 700-megawatt hydropower project have been damaged by the floods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasised the need for coordination among the government, political parties and all sectors of society to carry out the reconstruction campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking to the media after an all-party meeting on the damage caused by the Bhotekoshi floods, Finance Minister Wagle said the government is committed to providing all necessary resources for rescue and relief operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":434873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,806,3,4,76,5],"tags":[],"reporter":[],"class_list":["post-434872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-en-cover","category-economy","category-english","category-en-news","category-society","category-top-stories"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434872"}],"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=434872"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":434874,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434872\/revisions\/434874"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434872"},{"taxonomy":"reporter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionepalonline.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reporter?post=434872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}