MAHENDRANAGAR, OCT 30
Nepal Red Cross Society has announced assistance for construction of 250 temporary shelters for earthquake victims in Sudurpaschim Province. NRCS is providing this assistance with financial support from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
Multiple earthquakes that struck the province during the first week of this month had caused damage in Bajhang and Bajura districts.
NRCS Emergency Operations Centre Coordinator Santosh Neupane said the NRCS was going to construct 250 temporary shelters with toilets for quake-affected families in Bajhang and Bajura districts.
"We have already written to the districts for construction of shelters facilitated with toilet. The construction work will be completed within one month," he said, adding that works on building the shelters would start soon. He said the amount would also be provided to 600 affected families of the two districts at the rate of Rs 15,000 each for purchasing the essentials.
Immediately after the disaster, the NRCS had reached the quake-affected families of various municipalities in Bajhang and Bajura districts and distributed tarpaulin sheets, blankets, jerry cans, mats and other logistics.
The NRCS distributed different materials, including 415 tarpaulin sheets and 377 blankets, to the quake-affected families in Bajhang and 515 tarpaulin sheets and 413 blankets, among other relief materials, to the needy families in Bajura.
According to the NRCS, a total 9,876 families have been affected by the quake in Bajhang. Out of these households, the houses of 2,522 families have been completely destroyed and that of 7,354 families partially damaged.
Similarly, 6,178 families have been affected in Bajura.
Out of them, the houses of 1,441 families were completely destroyed and that of 4,737 families partially damaged by the tremors.
A version of this article appears in the print on October 31, 2023, of The Himalayan Times.