Khanal also called for forensic testing kits to identify corpses and freezer units to store them, saying bodies that have been in water could decompose at a faster rate.
The minister has highlighted the inequity that Nepal should suffer the extreme impacts of climate change when it has one of the world’s lowest per-capita carbon emissions.
That is due to its location in the Himalayas, the world’s highest mountain range, where glaciers are melting at a rapid speed as the planet heats.
Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah said in a social media post on Sunday that the country is facing an “unimaginable and heartbreaking” disaster.
“The devastating…
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