Rebuilt with India aid, flood-erased Nepal school seeks help to rebuild on higher ground
A 76-year-old school in Nepal was destroyed by severe flooding, prompting the principal and staff to seek relocation to higher ground. While all students were safely evacuated, the school lost its entire campus, including a building previously funded by India.
Why it matters
The incident highlights the increasing vulnerability of infrastructure in flood-prone regions and the challenges of disaster recovery in developing nations.
TRISHULI BAZAAR (NUWAKOT, NEPAL): Three warnings came within minutes the day it flooded, an accountant rushed in saying water was gushing in, a teacher relayed a phone call from upstream saying the area had been “swallowed”, and a parent arrived on a scooter to take his daughter away.Principal Rajendra Dawadi immediately ordered around 900 students at Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School out. They escaped before the river wiped out the 76-year-old campus. Now, Dawadi, teachers and students agree on one thing: classes must restart at the earliest, but the school must never be rebuilt beside the river. It has to rise on higher ground.“The children -- even some of our teachers and domestic staff -- are scared of the river.... it is a snaking ghost,” Dawadi, 47, told TOI on Sunday.
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