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Nation / Wed, 28 Oct 2026 BBC

Floods: Building boom in Nepal and India's Uttarakhand puts 300,000 people in path of potential Himalayan disasters, study suggests

Phurpa Chhiring Lama, who runs a homestay there, feels helpless. Normally all of his 20 rooms are occupied at this time of year - the peak trekking season - but now only five are. "We have been doing this business for more than 40 years, but we've never seen this kind of disaster."

Phurpa Chhiring Lama, who runs a homestay there, feels helpless. Normally all of his 20 rooms are occupied at this time of year - the peak trekking season - but now only five are. "We have been doing this business for more than 40 years, but we've never seen this kind of disaster."

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