INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, JUNE 18Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha has
directed the concerned authorities to ensure that there is no shortage in the treatment of the people injured due to natural disaster in
various districts of Eastern Nepal, and relief and proper management of the survivors.
All apparatuses are mobilized for
search, rescue and relief operations: PM Dahal
minister
In an emergency meeting held today in
wake of heavy loss of property incurred due to floods and landslides in Panchthar, Sankhuwasabha and other districts in eastern Nepal, he
instructed to build a bridge to facilitate traffic at Hewakhola on the Mechi highway.As of now, three people have died in that area and 29
people are reported missing
Some bridges have been swept away and nearly a dozen bridges have been damaged
Some houses have also been washed away.
Following the instructions of the Home Minister, the bridge materials have been
sent from Itahari said Anil Pokharel, chief executive officer of National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority,He said that as
there will rain again later today and tomorrow in the east, there is a need to be more cautious.
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