'Unverified' flood victims go hungry
Over 4,500 persons displaced by Koshi flooding in Sunsari had to go hungry
the whole day Thursday after aid organisations providing relief materials
denied any food items to them saying they were not 'verified'.
Not a single aid organisation came up to provide food materials for those
taking shelter at Koshi Secondary School located in Laukahi, Akraha
Primary School located in Jokraha and Janata Higher Secondary School in
Madhuvan of flood-hit Sunsari district.
This goes against Red Cross' pledge that aid organisations would not
discriminate against anybody affected by the floods and would provide food
to all of them.
Chief District Officer Durga Prasad Bhandari said Natural Disaster Rescue
Committee would arrange for food for all the flood victims until they are
all verified.
Meanwhile, during Friday's session of the Legislature Parliament,
lawmakers from various political parties raised serious concern over the
plight of the flood victims in Sunsari district and accused both the
governments of Nepal and India for gross negligence which invited the
Koshi catastrophe.
The lawmakers also urged Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal to press for
nullifying all 'unequal' treaties and agreements reached with India during
his first "political visit" to the country next week.
Speaking an interaction Friday, Minister for Physical Planning and Works
Bijay Kumar Gachchhadar had said top priority will be given to the
construction of a high dam on the Koshi River during Prime Minister
Dahal's visit to India.
In another development, the government has decided to dispatch a team of
medical experts to the government run camps in Sunsari and Saptari after
there were reports of more and more people failing sick due to unhygienic
living condition in the camps.
The government has already allocated around Rs 127 millions to run health
services inside these camps. nepalnews.com ag Sep 06 08
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