Hetauda, Oct. 8 -- The Bagmati provincial government has decided to provide Rs25 million in grants to 12 local units affected by the August 26 Bhotekoshi floods and seek an additional Rs1 billion from the federal government for reconstruction.

The decisions are part of an integrated preliminary assessment of the disaster, which found extensive damage to infrastructure, homes, businesses and livelihoods. The report estimates that 1,455 people died and another 5,285 remain missing.

Mahesh Bhattarai, secretary at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Law and Cooperatives, handed the report to Chief Minister Kiran Thapa Magar on Thursday.

According to the report, 344 injured people are still receiving treatment at various hospitals. The floods...