Forty-thousand displaced by Saptakosi floods: Home Ministry

The Home Ministry has informed that around 40,000 people have been displaced due to floods in Saptakosi river.

“Till now, 40,378 people of 7102 families have been displaced,” the Ministry has informed.

The Ministry has informed that 5500 hectares of land, 12 km of black-topped road and 13 km of seasonal road have been destroyed by the flood.

It has said that people of Haripir, Sripur Jabdi, Laukahi and Western Kusaha VDCs of Sunsari district have been fully displaced while those of Narsingh, Basantapur and Ghuski VDCs of the same district have been badly affected by the inundation.

The infrastructures of these VDCs including roads, schools, irrigation, drinking water system and local factories have been devastated.

The Ministry has said that the government is initiating efforts to repair the damage in Kosi embankments in coordination with Indian technicians. nepalnews.com sd Aug 26 08

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