Nepal exports electricity worth $39 million to India a month after flash floods
Nepal has resumed electricity exports to India, earning $39 million between mid-September and mid-October despite earlier disruptions from severe flash floods. The country is also receiving $20 million from a UN climate fund to address the extensive damage caused by the August disaster.
Why it matters
Demonstrates the economic resilience of developing nations facing climate-related infrastructure damage and the role of international climate finance.
Nepal exports electricity worth $39 million to India a month after flash floods left A drone view shows houses covered in mud after the flash floods and mudslide, at Devighat, Nuwakot district, Nepal. File Reuters Reuters https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/ywdcow/article71623831.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/2026-10-20T100319Z_1470784485_RC268NA06SCB_RTRMADP_3_CLIMATE-HEAT-STORMS-SCIENCE.JPG FRANCIS MASCARENHAS FILE PHOTO: A drone view shows houses covered in mud after the flash floods and mudslide, at Devighat, Nuwakot district, Nepal, August 29, 2026. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) Executive Director Dirghayu Kumar Shrestha said that electricity exports recovered during the period after being briefly disrupted by the flash floods in August Kathmandu Nepal exported electricity worth over $39 million to India between mid-September and mid-October, according to a local media report on Sunday (October 25, 2026). Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) Executive Director Dirghayu Kumar Shrestha said that electricity exports recovered during the period after being briefly disrupted by the flash floods in August.
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