PM Deuba directs concerned bodies to expedite relief and rescue of those hit by natural disasters

October 20, Kathmandu: Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has directed the concerned bodies to expedite rescue and relief of those affected by flood, landslide, and inundation following heavy rainfall in various parts of the country. 

Following the directive from the PM, Home Minister Khand instructed the bodies under the Ministry to mitigate disaster risk and to protect peoples’ life and property from disaster-related incidents.   

He has directed all the security bodies and the local administrations to work without any lacking in the rescue and relief works.   

Chief of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA), Anil Pokharel said along with the Home Minister’s directives, assurance of full support had been received from the Ministry for the rescue and relief operations.    

Nepal is currently under the combined impact of the low-pressure systems in the Bay of Bengal and Central India (gradually shifting north) and the westerly wind.