Kathmandu, Sept. 29 -- Natural Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA) Chief Executive Dharmaraj Upreti spoke to Rupesh Shrestha on Kantipur Television's Fireside about early warning systems, institutional preparedness and the lessons from the disaster.

It has been a month since the Bhotekoshi flood, and the country also experienced three consecutive days of heavy rain last week. What is the scale of the damage caused by these and other disasters? Has the authority made an assessment?

We formed a Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment team comprising representatives from the sectoral ministries, the National Planning Commission and the authority. The team used drone surveys to compare conditions before and after the disaste...