# Nepal bet nearly everything on hydropower — floods expose the risk

https://mins.news/en/item/46073

- BBC News, 2026-09-04 22:02 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy0zx368prno?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Last week’s deadly floods destroyed villages near Nepal’s border with Tibet, severely damaged 12 hydropower plants in the Trishuli River basin and knocked out more than 10% of national generation capacity. With climate-related disasters becoming more frequent, officials and experts are calling for a rethink of hydropower policy and greater use of solar and wind power.

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