KATHMANDU: Fifteen people have lost their lives in heavy rains in different districts of the country since September 25.
The spokesperson of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority, Bishwaprakash Aryal, said that they lost their lives in the floods four days after September 25.
According to him, three people have gone missing and 14 others have been injured during the period. Details of the damage are being collected. Efforts are being made to reopen some closed highways.
According to the NEA, 100 people have lost their lives in monsoon-related incidents since June 12. During this period, 44 people have gone missing and 100 have been injured. The monsoon disaster has damaged 37 government offices, 16 community buildings and schools, 25 hydropower projects, 30 motorable bridges, and 30 suspension bridges.
Dozens of highways have been damaged and some have not been reopened yet. The Ministry of Home Affairs has stated that efforts are being made to open it even now. Spokesperson Aryal informed that 6,181 people have been relocated to safer places during this period. About a thousand people have been relocated in the last four days alone. It is estimated that 10 percent of the 5,000 houses that were flooded have been damaged. Details of the damage have not yet been released.
According to the ministry, the search for the missing, necessary relief, and rescue work has been effectively carried out. It is said that similar rehabilitation and reconstruction programs have also been taken together.
