BAJURA, AUGUST 8

Six children, including the newly-born twin sons of Rithu Dhami of Bajura's Khaptad Chhededaha Rural Municipality have been rescued. Twenty-nine-year-old Rithu died just some time after she bore her twins.

According to Khaptad Chhededaha Rural Municipality Chairperson Dil Bahadur Rawat, the stranded kids were rescued after a news report was published in this daily about the plight of the children after their mother died. The kids were rescued by Santi Sewa Griha, a Kathmandu-based organisation.

SSG's programme coordinator Bijendra Kunwar said the kids were rescued with a view to assisting them in their education and providing them food and shelter. 'After we learnt of the plight of the kids, we airlifted them to Kathmandu,' Kunwar said, adding that the organisation would assist in their education and pay for their keep.

Along with Rithu's newly-born twin sons, her daughters Sunita Kumari, 11, Kamal Kumari, 9, Priyanka Kumari, 5, and son Manish, 7, have been rescued. Man Bahadur's wife Rithu had died on Saturday in ICU at Seti Provincial Hospital of Dhangadi in the course of treatment after delivering two babies. The neo-natals are said to be in good health.

A version of this article appears in the print on August 9, 2023, of The Himalayan Times.