KATHMANDU, OCTOBER 5
Various teams have been mobilized to assist households severely affected by last week's floods and landslides triggered by continuous rain in the district.
In line with the federal government's announcement, teams have been deployed across five local levels to provide relief funds to families who lost loved ones in the disasters.
The hardest-hit areas include Panauti Municipality, Bethanchok Rural Municipality, Roshi Rural Municipality, Namobuddha Municipality, and Mandandeupur Municipality, where the highest number of fatalities occurred.
The team, led by Chief District Officer and Coordinator of the District Disaster Management Committee, Umesh Kumar Dhakal, has begun distributing monetary assistance to the affected families in Banepa and Panauti. According to Dhakal, the aid will be delivered directly to the survivors' doorsteps.
Assistant Chief District Officer Subash Poudel stated that each family that lost a member will receive Rs 200,000 in relief funds from the federal government, with an additional Rs 100,000 provided if there were multiple fatalities in the family.
On Friday, the government declared several local levels in the district as disaster-hit crisis zones to prioritize relief distribution and reconstruction efforts. Roshi, Temal, Bethanchok, Chaunrideurali, and Mahabharat Rural Municipalities, along with Panauti, Namobuddha, and Mandandeupur Municipalities, were included in the crisis zone declaration for a period of three months.
A total of 72 people lost their lives in landslides across 13 local levels in the district. According to the District Police Office, five people remain missing, and 75 others are injured. Among the deceased, one was a foreign national, and another a woman from Ramechhap district.
Transport services are yet to resume in several damaged road sections, and disaster-hit areas are still in need of electricity and communication services.
