Kathmandu, July 5: Minister for Finance Dr Ram Sharan Mahat has said that budget would be allocated in the budget programme of the fiscal year 2072/73 BS under a separate heading for the reconstruction
The Home Ministry has informed that around 40,000 people have been displaced due to floods in Saptakosi river. "Till now, 40,378 people of 7102 families have been displaced,' the Ministry has informed. The Ministry has informed that 5500 hectares of land, 12 km of black-topped road and 13 km of seasonal road have been destroyed by the flood. It has said that people of Haripir, Sripur Jabdi, Laukahi and Western Kusaha VDCs of Sunsari district have been fully displaced while those of Narsingh, Basantapur and Ghuski VDCs of the same district have been badly affected by the inundation.
After the Saptakosi river damaged dams in western Kusaha region of Sunsari district, Monday, over 25,000 people have been displaced. A section of East-West highway in Laukahi area has also been obstructed due to the flood. As the swollen river started to erode the dams and inundate the nearby villages, tens of thousands of local people have fled their homes for safety. Reports say that people from at least six VDCs
More than 30,000 villagers in a dozen VDCs in Sunsari district including Paschim Pipara, Haripur, Madhuvan, Kuswaha and Shripur have been displaced due to inundation caused by Koshi River. Closure of most of the doors in the Koshi barrage caused the flooding in the villages, reports say. In the initiatives of the local administration, 40 doors out of 56 have been opened to give outlet to the water. The locals began to flee the villages after 8 p.m. Sunday as the water started to swamp the villages.
Seven persons have died so far in mudslides that hit Kalikot and Pyuthan districts on Saturday. Five members of a family lost their lives in a mudslide in Bharta VDC of Kalikot district. Among them, two seriously injured succumbed to injuries while being rushed to the hospital. Pabindra Shahi, 7, the lone survivor from the calamity, is undergoing treatment at the District Hospital, Pabindra's father Gorakh Bahadur Shahi had gone to perform shamanistic rituals in a neighboring village when the tragedy struck his family. He lost his wife and four sons in the disaster.
A serious outbreak of diarrhea has so far claimed the lives of nine children in remote villages of mid-western Humla district, the Kathmandu Post reported Monday. Dozens of children also fell sick due to the outbreak that hit the Syada VDC of the district. The Post quoted VDC secretary Gajabir Rokaya as saying that the outbreak has not yet been controlled due to unavailability of medicine in the village.
At least nine people have been killed, including five of the same family, when a landslide swept away their houses Wednesday night in Jajarkot district. The landslide swept away the house of Amrita Shahi killing her, three of her sons, a daughter and four other family guests, in Khalanga of the district. Karuna Shahi, who was seriously injured in the catastrophe, has been taken to district hospital for treatment. Local villagers, personnel of the Nepal Police, Armed Police Force and Nepal Army are engaged in the rescue operation. Six dead bodies have been recovered from the site
Nepalese Canadian Association of Ottawa (NCAO) held a successful Annual Food Drive 2008. "This year's food drive campaign to benefit the Ottawa Food Bank achieved an extraordinary success by exceeding its goal of raising $10,000. The drive raised $12,000 worth of non-perishable food and cash for the Ottawa Food Bank," says a press release by NCAO.
Floods and landslide triggered by incessant rains claimed lives and wreaked havoc at various places in the country in the past two days. So far four people have been killed and property worth million of rupees damaged in floods and landslide that hit mid-western Salyan, Gulmi, Jajarkot and Nawalparasi districts. People were also displaced at some places due to the natural calamity. The Kathmandu Post reported that Purna Bahadur BK and Rudri Pun of Bame VDC of Salyan district were killed on the spot and another sustained injuries in a landslide on Saturday.
Plagued by unending series of stoppages by the local people, the Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) is preparing to dump garbage at the landfill site in Sisdole by using police force, if necessary. The KMC is preparing to invoke the Essential Service Act, which forbids obstruction in collection, transport and management of garbage. "Earlier, too, the government had talked about invoking this Act. But now, it will be strictly enforced,' KMC chief executive Dinesh Thapaliya told Nepal Samacharpatra.
There is a clear danger of an epidemic hitting Kathmandu Valley that may possibly take a serious toll on the lives of its residents as heaps of stinking garbage remains littered in the pavements of the city's roads for more than two weeks now. The Department of Epidemiology and Disease Control has warned the government that the unmanaged garbage might trigger a serious epidemic in the city and put into risk the lives of its residents.
