{
  "id": 3607094,
  "title": "Nepal flood: For centuries, flood-hit corridor was key route of Himalayan trade",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/nepal-flood-for-centuries-flood-hit-corridor-was-key-route-of",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-26T22:00:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/for-centuries-flood-hit-corridor-was-key-route-of-himalayan-trade/articleshow/133551114.cms"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Long before trucks climbed Bhote Koshi valley, mule caravans carried rice and other grain from Nepal north to Gyirong, where traders exchanged them for Tibetan salt and wool. Salt, highly valued in Nepal’s middle hills, travelled farther south towards India. Newar merchant communities also settled in Tibetan trading towns. Nepalese troops later used the route during invasions of Tibet in 1788 and…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hacker News",
        "title": "Worst-case glacial lake flood scenarios in a transboundary Himalayan basin 2022",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/worst-case-glacial-lake-flood-scenarios-in-a-transboundary-himalayan",
        "published": "2026-08-26T22:44:03.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}