12. Nepal… a theatre of disasters During 1983-2005 disasters have killed 21,680 people During 2001-2007 disasters have caused losses worth Rs. 9900 million 2008: Koshi and Mahakali killed over 50 people, displaced over 220,000 2,300 glacier lakes. At least 20 of them are in precarious condition 1993: 2000 landslides and floods took 1,500 lives, displaced 500,000+ people Climate Change: Nepal will be a critical casualty Earthquake: The entire country lies in fault zone. Sitting on a time bomb Nepal HDI: 144 Source: MoHA, ISDR, UNDP, NDP, ICIMOD
22. t'ngfTds cj:yf Total Amount of Disaster Damage (1991-2000) in million US$ (Source: Global Disaster Report – UNDP, 2004)
23. t'ngfTds cj:yf Total number of people Killed in Asian and SAARC Countries by Disaster (1992-2001) Asian Countries Other than SAARC, 227,619; 49% India 16% SAARC Contries, 236,062; 51% Maldives 0% Nepal 1% Pakistan 2% Sri Lanka 0% Bangladesh 32% Bhutan 0% (Source: Global Disaster Report – UNDP, 2004)