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| Lawyers of Supreme Court on Sunday performs their daily work from a tents after a devastating earthquake that hits many parts of Nepal killing thousands of people and damaged houses and buildings. Photo: Kumar Shrestha, RSS |
Culture expert Satya Mohan Joshi handed over the relief including cash to the bereaved families. The artists killed during the earthquake are Rajakpur Shakya (Bungmati, Lalitpur), Suresh Pradhan (Nyatpol, Bhaktapur) and Lalmaya Moktan (Jorpati, Kathmandu).
Likewise, the families of six artists who sustained injuries and lost their relatives were provided with Rs 5,000 each along with zinc-corrugated sheets, blankets and clothes.
The relief materials to the members of the artists were arranged by Flukumari Mahato Memorial Trust and Kathmandu Eco Hotel. On the occasion, Chairperson of Modern Artists' Society Shanker Raj Singh Kunwar handed over a relief assistance of Rs 20,000 to the Campaign from his side.
Campaign Coordinator Shanta Kumar Rai shared that as many as 65 artists belonging to Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, Lalitpur, Kavre, Nuwakot, Sindhupalchowk, Nawalparasi, Dhading, Dolakha, Makawanpur and Gorkha had so far lost their residence in the earthquake.
The Campaign has so far organized blood donation and psycho-social counseling to children since destructive earthquake of April 25. RSS
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02- Landslide blocks Kaligandaki River
Babiyachaur(Myagdi), May 24: The Kaligandaki River has been disrupted at Baisari along the border of Bhagawati and Ramche VDCs of Myagdi district.
It is learnt that the landslide that fell off the summit of Kafaldanda in Ramche VDC-9 at 1.00 am this morning clogged the Kaligandaki River. The landslip that slid from around 1,500 metres top after breakdown of the ridge has clogged the river, putting human settlements along the banks on high vulnerable condition.
The blockage has created a big artificial lake and stopped the river flow, said Police Inspector Bimal Kumar Upadhyay, who reached the site immediately after the incident.
It is yet to be ascertained the level of water surface increased due to the landslide as it is still falling. The security agencies have already informed the public to keep high safety alert citing threat of flood-triggered inundation to human settlements in Baisari VDC and along the embankment area of Kaligandaki.
There is high risk of inundation at Begkhola, Liplyang, Mahabhir, Bhirkot, Pokharebagar, Bhurung Tatopani and Dana, among others, across Baisari VDC.
Meanwhile, the river basin areas reeling under threat are Galeswor, Myagdi Beni, Parbat Bagar and Parbat Beni and Kaligandai River banks area in Baglung, Parbat and Syangja districts.
Some 26 families of Baisari and Ramche VDCs were shifted to safer places after landslide struck the area since Friday. Locals of Beni and surrounding areas had left for secured destinations since last night.
Nepal Army and Nepal Police also asked local dwellers along the river banks to move to safer areas citing security reasons. The landslide that occurred after the ridge suffering big cracks and holes caused by the April 25 earthquake and subsequent aftershocks caved in the river, posing security threats to mass scale of populace in Myagdi. RSS
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03- Kaligandaki menaces mankind in Parbat
Falebas (Parbat), May 24: The landslide-triggered blockage of Kaligandaki River has menaced human settlements in Beni Bazaar of Majphant VDC, Milanchowk Bazaar of Dhairin, Maldhunga Bazaar of Pang, Imichaur of Ranipani VDC and Setibeni Bazaar nestled in the border of Parbat, Gulmi and Syangja districts.
Likewise, Purtighat Bazaar of Myagdi and Mirmi of Syangja, the dam site of Kaligandaki, are also reeling under imminent danger.
Citing growing threat in the area, the Parbat District Police Office has asked locals to move to a secured distance of 500 metres from the river bank. The residents of the dangerous areas have left their homes on the river banks for the secured destination, said Chief District Officer Rishiram Tiwari. RSS
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04- Aid to quake survivors in Dansingh
Bidur (Nuwakot), May 24: Zinc corrugated sheets have been provided to quake survivors in remote Dangsingh VDC of Nuwakot district for temporary shelters with the assistance of Spanish and American nationals.
Nuwakot Chief District Officer Kosh Hari Niraula handed over the aid to 56 households of Dangsingh VDC amid a programme at district headquarters, Bidur, on Saturday. The assistance of a bundle of sheet to each family was arranged by Sadbhavana Basti Tole Sudhar Samiti, Dhapasi, Kathmandu.
The Samiti handed over the assistance provided by foreigners including Spanish national Christina. RSS
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05- Quake affects 70 per cent houses
Humla, May 24: Around 70 per cent houses in Chhitra VDC have suffered cracks after the earthquake of May 23 struck struck Humla district.
An team of security agencies headed by Chief District Officer Krishna Bahadur Katuwal found 68 per cent houses with cracks in course of on-site inspection.
Some private houses including buildings of Kalasidda Primary School based in district headquarters Simikot have seen cracks, said CDO Katuwal. RSS
'Efforts will be made to include Solu in quake-affected district'
Solukhumbu, May 24: Minister for Irrigation NP Saud has assured to make efforts to include Solukhumbu as quake-affected district.
Minister Saud said so when he arrived here on Saturday for taking stock of quake-triggered physical and human loss and monitoring of search, rescue and relief operations in Solukhumbu district.
The Minister said that efforts would be made to deploy a technical team to study the quake-affected areas which are at high risk of landslide as well.
On the occasion, Chief District Officer and District Natural Disaster Relief Coordination Committee Chairperson Jhanka Nath Dhakal briefed the Minister about the search, resuce and relief operations underway in the district.
Constituent Assembly member Bal Bahadur KC warned that the uneven distribution of relief assistance would bring dire consequences complaining lack of uniformity in relief distribution in Solukhumbu. RSS
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06- Unified mobilization of volunteers a need-Bhattarai
Kathmandu, May 24: CPN-UML secretary Yogesh Bhattarai has stressed the need to mobilize cadres of all the political parties in an unified manner to build temporary shelters for quake survivors.
UML Publicity Department Chief Bhattarai said this while addressing a press conference organized here today by Press Chautari Nepal in the context of UML's mobilization of volunteers for relief and rehabilitation of quake-affected people beginning today.
He further said that though a proposal in connection with unified mobilization of volunteers in the wake of earthquake was submitted to the government the decision to that effect is yet to be made.
"We should build our country. The mobilization of volunteers of all political parties in a coordinated fashion would leverage our energy so that we also do not need to approach any foreign powers for this", he added. RSS
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07- 'Efforts will be made to include Solu in quake-affected district'
Solukhumbu, May 24: Minister for Irrigation NP Saud has assured to make efforts to include Solukhumbu as quake-affected district.
Minister Saud said so when he arrived here on Saturday for taking stock of quake-triggered physical and human loss and monitoring of search, rescue and relief operations in Solukhumbu district.
The Minister said that efforts would be made to deploy a technical team to study the quake-affected areas which are at high risk of landslide as well.
On the occasion, Chief District Officer and District Natural Disaster Relief Coordination Committee Chairperson Jhanka Nath Dhakal briefed the Minister about the search, resuce and relief operations underway in the district.
Constituent Assembly member Bal Bahadur KC warned that the uneven distribution of relief assistance would bring dire consequences complaining lack of uniformity in relief distribution in Solukhumbu. RSS
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