HoR meeting: Govt urged to pay attention to monsoon disaster preparedness and response

Kathmandu: MP Dhananjaya Regmi of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has called attention of the government for necessary preparedness and devising a response plan to protect life and property of citizens from the impact of the new monsoon phenomenon that has recently developed.

In the ‘urgent time’ of today’s House of Representatives meeting, he said that just asking citizens not to go outside except for essentials cannot protect their lives and property, considering the likely impact of the new rainy season system.

“Along with the message to the people to stay at home, it is also necessary to take the message to the people to see if the land around them is safe,” he said, adding that the people living in the hilly areas should pay attention to whether there are new cracks, sunken or bloated in the land and if water has oozed out in a new place and if there are any early signs of landslide.

MP Regmi said the people should be asked to evacuate to a safer place on time rather than staying at home.

Regmi drew the government’s attention to spreading information in simple language about flood warnings and early signs of landslides through the media and social networks in the coming days.

RSP’s Gyanendra Singh Mahata called for an immediate review of existing laws and necessary procedural arrangements related to emergency health rescue to ensure that every citizen has the right to receive treatment in times of emergency.

Tika Sangraula of the same party demanded that the ‘audio’ material related to the incident be immediately investigated and the guilty punished, claiming that a customs officer from Kanchanpur intimidated the Armed Police Superintendent of Kailali by misusing his official position, harming the dignity of national security and civil service.

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