KATHMANDU, Aug 23: The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MoCIT) held discussion with its subordinate agencies on the preliminary draft of the 16th five-year periodic plan.
Over the last two decades in Asia, floods impacted nearly 1.6 billion people, killed nearly a hundred thousand people, damaged tangible economy worth 436 billion USD and caused massive inconvenience to the lives of billions. These numbers may very well increase in future, as continued global warming leads to more intense and erratic rainfall and increasing exposure and vulnerability to floods.