The executive committee of the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Authority (NDRRMA) has recommended the government that it declared the municipalities hardest hit by disasters as crisis zone.
The meeting presided by Minister for Home Affairs Ramesh Lekhak recommended the government that it recognized those four dozens highly affected local levels of over 14 districts as a crisis zone, shared Dr Dijan Bhattarai, Spokesperson of the Authority.
It may be noted that the incessant rainfall on September 27, 28 and 29 induced flooding, landslides and inundations in various places across the country leaving 239 dead and 18 missing.
Many people were injured and over 17,000 people were rescued from the flood and landslide-hit areas. The disasters incurred huge financial loss, while the physical infrastructures worth Rs 25 billion were damaged in the disasters, according to the statistics revealed by the government.
Declaration of crisis zone could further facilitate post-disaster reconstruction and rehab
ilitation operation, said Spokesperson Dr Bhattarai.
The disasters mostly affected the districts, such as Taplejung, Kavrepalanchowk, Paanchthar, Kathmandu, Sankhuwasabha, Lalitpur, Solukhubu, Bhaktapur, Dolakha, Sindhuli, Ramechhap, Makawanpur, Sindhupalchowk and Dhading, the Authority stated.
Source: National News Agency – RSS