Nepal is continuing large-scale rescue and relief operations nearly a week after devastating floods and a glacier-related disaster affected several parts of the country. Rescue teams are reaching remote areas, while electricity, communication and road networks are being restored in affected regions.

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• Nepali rescuers have built temporary bridges to reach remote areas affected by the floods.
• Rescue teams are focusing heavily on hydropower projects, where hundreds of workers remain trapped.
• Around 600 people are still stuck at several devastated hydropower stations.
• Prime Minister Balendra Shah said more than 11,000 people have been rescued across the affected region.
• Electricity and communication lines have been restored in some affected areas.
• Rescue teams restored road connectivity to Nuwakot, one of the worst-affected districts.
• A search team recovered 24 bodies from a house in Betrabati village of Nuwakot district.
• India and China are assisting Nepal in rescue operations, including by building Bailey bridges.
• According to Shah, 279 workers have so far been rescued from hydropower projects.
• Authorities estimated that nearly 1,000 people were trapped at hydropower projects.
• The disaster was triggered by a glacier collapse, which caused a massive flow of ice, rocks and mud through the border region with China.
• Nepal has seen rapid growth in hydropower projects because of its Himalayan water resources and potential for electricity exports to India.
• Prime Minister Shah linked the disaster to the growing risks faced by the Himalayan region due to climate change.