INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, JULY 12
Chairman of the National Assembly Ganesh Prasad Timilsina has urged the government to provide immediate relief and
rehabilitate people affected by monsoon floods and landslides, as well as protect vulnerable people and their settlements.
In a message
today, Chairman Timilsina has expressed his heartfelt condolence to those deceased in the recent monsoon flooding and landslides and deep
sympathy to the bereaved families
He has also urged the federal, provincial and local governments as well as the concerned officials to work for rescue, relief and
rehabilitation programmes.
Chairman Timilsina has asked the lawmakers to provide the required assistance and ensure coordination in their
respective constituencies during the time of flood and landslides caused due to incessant rainfall.
The heavy rainfall in the past three
days has affected more than 18 districts across the country while 55 persons have lost their lives in Myagdi, Jajarkot, Kaski, Lamjung,
Rukum West, Sindhupalchowk, Nawalparasi, Kalikot, Gulmi and Sunsari districts
Total 30 persons are still missing, including 20 in Sindhupalchowk, six in Jajarkot and three in Myagdi while around 50 individuals in
different districts have sustained injuries.
A version of this article appears in e-paper on July 13, 2020, of The Himalayan Times.
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