INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, JUNE 21Relief materials have been supplied to the flood and landslide
victims of Taplejung district.
'Many decisions have been taken to make Indo-Nepal ties super hit'
There have been achievements, but they are not enough
The materials including clothing, tarpaulins, utensils and blankets have been managed by the
government of Koshi Province, and the Nepal Red Cross Society, said Chief District Officer Goma Devi Chemjong, also chair of the district
disaster management committee.Scores of families of Sidingwa Rural Municipality-6 have been displaced by flooding and landslides
Most of them are taking a shelter in a local Nilgiri Secondary School, said a local Kamal Kadariya
Three people have died and three others of a single family have gone missing in the disaster.
The local health post in the
village has been buried in a landslide, creating a shortage of medicines
Meanwhile, initiatives have been taken in distributing relief materials to the victims, said the district disaster management committee.A
disaster management committee meeting on Tuesday asked all concerned sectors to be ready for rescue efforts and relief distribution.
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