The Government of Nepal on Friday, October 4, declared 41 local levels hit hard by the floods and landslides as the disaster crisis zones for three months.
A meeting of the Council of Ministers took a decision in this regard to streamline rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts in the areas hit hardest by the disasters, said Minister for Communications and Information Technology Prithvi Subba Gurung.
The crisis zones include Phidim Municipality, Phalelung Rural Municipality, and Phalgunanda Rural Municipality of Panchthar; Champadevi Rural Municipality and Sunkoshi Rural Municipality of Okhaldhunga; and Bekala Municipality of Udayapur in Koshi Province.
Similarly, Benighat Rorang Rural Municipality, Netrawati Dabjong Rural Municipality, Dhunibeshi Municipality and Gajuri Rural Municipality of Dhading; Gourishankar Rural Municipality, Bigu Rural Municipality, and Shailung Rural Municipality of Dolakha; Manthali Municipality, Ramechhap Municipality, Khandadevi Rural Municipality, Dorambha Shailung Rural Municipality, Sunapati Rural Municipality, Likhu Tamakoshi Rural Municipality, Gokulganga Rural Municipality and Umakunda Rural Municipality of Ramechhap in Bagmati Province have also been included in the list.
Likewise, Bhotekoshi Rural Municipality of Sindhupalchok, and Bagmati Rural Municipality, Konjyosom Rural Municipality and Godawari Municipality of Lalitpur; Roshi Rural Municipality, Panauti Municipality, Temal Rural Municipality, Namobuddha Municipality, Bethanchowk Rural Municipality, Mandandeupur Municipality, Chauri Deurali Rural Municipality and Mahabharat Rural Municipality in Kavrepalanchowk have also been announced as crisis zones.
Kavre is among the districts hit hardest by the floods and landslides.
Golanjor Rural Municipality, Sunkoshi Rural Municipality and Phikkal Rural Municipality of Sindhuli district; Indrasarobar Rural Municipality, Bakaiya Rural Municipality of Makawanpur; Bharatpur Metropolitan City, Madi Municipality, Icchakamana Rural Municipality of Chitwan district have also been included in the list.
At least 239 people have been confirmed dead, 18 still missing and around 178 injured in the disaster-induced incidents last week, Rishiram Tiwari, spokesperson at the Ministry of Home Affairs, told RSS. In the post-disaster response, 17,120 people have been rescued so far.
The rain-induced disasters have swept away various sections of the highways in these local levels. The settlements near the rivers were inundated. Besides damaging the infrastructure, the floods and landslides also killed the livestock. The telephone towers and electricity lines sustained damages, causing disruption in communication services.
The Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport has estimated that it will cost between Rs 20 and Rs 25 billion to fully repair and reconstruct the roads and bridges damaged by recent disasters, according to RSS.
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