Nepal Flood Relief
A glacial collapse in the Himalaya on 26 August 2026 sent flash floods down the Bhote Koshi and Trishuli, destroying settlements, bridges and hydropower plants across seven districts of Nepal. India began airlifting relief the same day and has since delivered relief material, modular steel bridge equipment, a tunnel rescue contingent and forensic teams.
What India sent
10 recorded itemsEvery line below carries its own source. Items whose quantity was never published are listed anyway — that India sent them is a fact, even when the amount is not public.
4Flights
Total so far · updated 30 Aug 2026
Indian Air Force relief flights to Nepal
Source
Indian Mission AbroadOFFICIAL SOURCE
Embassy of India, Kathmandu — relief assistance to Nepal, tranche-by-tranche record ↗- Published
- 29 August 2026
Technical details
Record src-emb-kathmandu · retrieved 30 August 2026 · last verified 30 August 2026
68.5Tonnes
Total so far · updated 30 Aug 2026
Relief material airlifted to Kathmandu
Running total across all consignments to date. This is the figure shown on the homepage. The individual consignments below are kept so the progression is visible, but they are never added to this total.
Source
Indian Mission AbroadOFFICIAL SOURCE
Embassy of India, Kathmandu — relief assistance to Nepal, tranche-by-tranche record ↗- Published
- 29 August 2026
Technical details
Record src-emb-kathmandu · retrieved 30 August 2026 · last verified 30 August 2026
Delivered — quantity not published
Third tranche — portable generator sets and dignity kits
No tonnage was published for this tranche. The difference between the published consignment figures and the 68.5 t total is not itself a published figure, so no number is inferred here.
Source
Indian Mission AbroadOFFICIAL SOURCE
Embassy of India, Kathmandu — relief assistance to Nepal, tranche-by-tranche record ↗- Published
- 29 August 2026
Technical details
Record src-emb-kathmandu · retrieved 30 August 2026 · last verified 30 August 2026
16Trucks
Total so far · updated 30 Aug 2026
Trucks carrying modular steel bridge equipment
Source
Indian Mission AbroadOFFICIAL SOURCE
Embassy of India, Kathmandu — relief assistance to Nepal, tranche-by-tranche record ↗- Published
- 29 August 2026
Technical details
Record src-emb-kathmandu · retrieved 30 August 2026 · last verified 30 August 2026
1Bridge
Total so far · updated 30 Aug 2026
Bailey bridge — 230-foot single-lane modular steel span
Equipment for seven further Bailey bridges is reported as being supplied. Nepal has sought 42 Bailey bridges in total from India and China combined; that wider figure is a Nepali request, not an Indian commitment, and is not counted as Indian assistance here.
Source
Indian Mission AbroadOFFICIAL SOURCE
Embassy of India, Kathmandu — relief assistance to Nepal, tranche-by-tranche record ↗- Published
- 29 August 2026
Technical details
Record src-emb-kathmandu · retrieved 30 August 2026 · last verified 30 August 2026
11Personnel
Total so far · updated 30 Aug 2026
Indian technical team — doctors, paramedics and tunnel engineers
Source
Indian Mission AbroadOFFICIAL SOURCE
Embassy of India, Kathmandu — relief assistance to Nepal, tranche-by-tranche record ↗- Published
- 29 August 2026
Technical details
Record src-emb-kathmandu · retrieved 30 August 2026 · last verified 30 August 2026
Delivered — quantity not published
Forensic experts and DNA analysis equipment
Team size not published.
Source
Indian Mission AbroadOFFICIAL SOURCE
Embassy of India, Kathmandu — Regarding Identification of Mortal Remains ↗- Published
- 29 August 2026
Technical details
Record src-emb-kathmandu-remains · retrieved 30 August 2026 · last verified 30 August 2026
Delivered — quantity not published
Essential medicines
Included within the 68.5 t total; no separate weight published.
Source
Indian Mission AbroadOFFICIAL SOURCE
Embassy of India, Kathmandu — relief assistance to Nepal, tranche-by-tranche record ↗- Published
- 29 August 2026
Technical details
Record src-emb-kathmandu · retrieved 30 August 2026 · last verified 30 August 2026
Delivered — quantity not published
Water purification tablets
Included within the 68.5 t total; no separate count published.
Source
Indian Mission AbroadOFFICIAL SOURCE
Embassy of India, Kathmandu — relief assistance to Nepal, tranche-by-tranche record ↗- Published
- 29 August 2026
Technical details
Record src-emb-kathmandu · retrieved 30 August 2026 · last verified 30 August 2026
Delivered — quantity not published
Food packets
Included within the 68.5 t total; no separate count published.
Source
Indian Mission AbroadOFFICIAL SOURCE
Embassy of India, Kathmandu — relief assistance to Nepal, tranche-by-tranche record ↗- Published
- 29 August 2026
Technical details
Record src-emb-kathmandu · retrieved 30 August 2026 · last verified 30 August 2026
Monetary value not publicly disclosed.
The physical assistance is the recorded figure — this site does not convert goods into a rupee value of its own.
How the figure grew3 earlier figures, superseded but never deletedView history →
Each consignment India announced, in order. These are kept so the progression is visible — but they are not added together. The headline above is the running total the government itself published, which already includes them.
- 26 Aug 202610TonnesFirst consignment — humanitarian assistance and essential medicinesthis consignment1 of 3
- 27 Aug 202637.5TonnesSecond consignment — HADR material, medicines and foodthis consignment2 of 3
- 30 Aug 202611TonnesFourth consignment — tunnel rescue contingent, forensic team and relief suppliesthis consignment3 of 3
Background
The floods swept away the Rasuwagadhi border post and long stretches of the only overland road linking Kathmandu to Tibet. India's response has run in successive tranches flown into Kathmandu, alongside road convoys carrying modular steel bridge components to restore severed connectivity. Because bodies were carried far downstream, including across the border into India, part of the Indian contribution has been forensic: teams supporting DNA-based identification of the dead.
Sources for this record3 sources3 with a direct link to the exact document.View sourcesHide
Humanitarian
MEAOFFICIAL SOURCESpecial Control Room in MEA for Nepal Floods Situation26 August 2026↗Development projects
Indian Mission AbroadOFFICIAL SOURCEEmbassy of India, Kathmandu — relief assistance to Nepal, tranche-by-tranche record29 August 2026↗Indian Mission AbroadOFFICIAL SOURCEEmbassy of India, Kathmandu — Regarding Identification of Mortal Remains29 August 2026↗Every published figure keeps its source provenance. Direct links to the exact official document are shown wherever they have been resolved.