Suresh Marahatta¹, Deepak Aryal², Laxmi P Devkota³, Mohammad Fahimuddin⁴, Rijan Bhakta Kayastha⁵, Rakesh Kayastha⁵, Sunil Pokharel⁶ and Joshan Maharjan⁷, (1)Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, (2)Tribhuvan University, Central Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Kathmandu, Nepal, (3)Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST), Kathmandu, Nepal, (4)Independent Water Resources Expert, Delhi, India, (5)Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel, Nepal, (6)Government of Nepal, Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Kathmandu, Nepal, (7)Pokhara University, Dhulikhel, Nepal