# Analysis: Nepal needs to ‘rethink’, not just rebuild, after floods

https://mins.news/en/video/37147

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-08-29 22:05 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqiShDlMKD4

> Alok Bohara, founding director of the Nepal Study Centre, says floods have completely destroyed Timure near the China border and the community hub of Syabrubesi. While pledged aid of roughly $4bn to $5bn is substantial—nearly a tenth of Nepal’s GDP—he argues the country must rethink its future rather than simply rebuild.

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