Food delivery to Koshi victims obstructed by strikes

World Food Programme has said as a result of ongoing strikes in the Terai districts it was unable to deliver more than 400 metric tons of food assistance to thousands of food-insecure Koshi flood victims.

In a statement issued Wednesday, WFP said it will organise convoys of humanitarian food assistance form Thursday. These trucks will be moving along multiple areas of the East-West Highway including the Jankapur-Dhalkebar section- the most recent to be affected by a call for a transportation strike.

In observation of basic international humanitarian principles, WFP urged all protesting groups to allow safe and unhindered passage of WFP humanitarian relief convoys so that vital food assistance can reach Koshi flood victims in a timely manner. nepalnews.com ia June 17 09

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