Ex-PM Madhav Kumar Nepal questions Balen Shah administration's flood response
Former Prime Minister of Nepal, Madhav Kumar Nepal, has expressed dissatisfaction with the Balen Shah government's handling of the recent devastating flash floods, noting that officials are failing to act with sufficient urgency. He attributed the slow response to the administration's limited executive and administrative background, remarking, "The government people are new, they don’t have that experience." Meanwhile, the number of fatalities resulting from the floods has now surpassed 900.