Heavy machinery and safe waste management needed for flood debris

A preliminary UNDP model estimates about 2.2 million tonnes of flood debris, including roughly 556,200 tonnes of building waste. This is a modelled estimate, not a final field count. Priorities include heavy machinery, trained operators, debris mapping, sorting, safe handling of hazardous materials, transport and approved disposal or recycling sites.

Request from

UNDP preliminary model reported by The Kathmandu Post

Amount or capacity

Preliminary model estimate: about 2.2 million tonnes total debris

Needed by

Ongoing recovery priority

Road or transport limit

Debris operations require government and local-authority coordination; do not enter unstable sites without authorization.

Coordinate through

Government, municipalities and qualified debris-management teams