HoR committee directs government to ensure relief, compensation to disasters-affected

Kathmandu: The Infrastructure Development Committee, under the House of Representatives,  has instructed the government regarding the recent incidences of landslides and floods in various parts of the country.

The Committee directed the government to collect detailed information about the people affected by these natural disasters and ensure their relief and compensation.

A meeting of the Committee expressed sorrow over the losses of valuable lives in the recent incidences of natural disasters today. The committee instructed the Ministry of Home Affairs to undertake prompt rescue operations for the injured and to address the immediate requirements for food and shelter for the affected groups.

Committee President Laalbir Chaudhary directed the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport to immediately repair the damaged structures meant for people’s movement and transport such as roads and bridges.

The recent floods and landslides have severely affected Taplejung, Panchthar, Sankhuwasabha, and Tehrathum districts in the Koshi Province. It also resulted in both human and physical losses. The committee’s directive came on the same backdrop.

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