KATHMANDU, AUGUST 2
Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand took stock of recent landslides, floods across the country, and losses caused by disasters and directed the bodies concerned to gear up rescue, relief, and management efforts.
The home minister collected information about the landslide that occurred at Rum of Malika Rural Municipality in Myagdi, the road obstruction caused by the landslip at Kerabari of Bharatpur, and the losses due to last night's landslide at Ichhakamana Rural Municipality in Chitwan.
The minister talked to Gandaki Province Police Chief Deputy Inspector General of Police Ram Dutta Joshi, Myagdi's Chief District Officer Chiranjibi Rana, Chitwan's CDO Asman Tamang and Myagdi's Police Chief Tilak Bharati and instructed them to adopt the required measures to address post-disaster needs.
He told them to inform the ministry if they faced any issues during the course of disaster management.
A total of seven people had gone missing in the Myagdi's landslide last night. Two have been rescued and bodies of five have been retrieved from the landslide debris.
During the telephonic conversations, Chitwan's CDO informed the minister that at present there was no possibility of clearing the road obstruction at Kerabari of Bharatpur metropolis along the Narayangadh-Mugling road section as debris flow was continuing.
He said landslides hit the other two locations: 20 Kilo and 21 Kilo along the section, causing traffic disruption at Jugedi on the Narayangadh route and rescue efforts were under way. He also said that drivers had been asked to divert the route as it was difficult to clear the landslide debris.
A version of this article appears in the print on August 3, 2022 of The Himalayan Times.
