The central disaster relief committee met, under the chairmanship of the home minister, to discuss the impact of the floods and landslides and the relief needs of the affected population. the meeting decided to mobilize existing resources, security forces, helicopters and relief equipment to rescue people and place them in safer, temporary shelters,and provide them with ready to eat food and health services.order to provide relief, decided to mobilize resources both at the national and local levels.the floods and landslides have left 6 dead in kailali, 6 dead in kanchanpur, and 5 dead and 3 injured in doti. In terms of physical damage. the impact of the floods and landslides, nepal army MI17 helicopter has been dispatched to kanchanpur, and another helicopter is on its way to kailali.under the leadership of the minister for labour and transport management, Constituent assembly members and health tams have left for dhangadi on 21 September.the local government is in the process of collecting more information on loss and damages.
#FLOODS #NEPALFLOODS2008
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Publisher:
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Type / Script:
Press Release
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Keywords:
DISASTER RELIEF, LANDSLIDES, FLOODS, DISASTER VICTIMS, DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, EMERGENCY SHELTER, SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS, FOOD AID, HEALTH AID, HEALTH SERVICES, RELIEF PERSONNEL, SOCIAL MOBILIZERS, SECURITY FORCES, EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCIES, INFORMATION, DATA COLLECTION, EVACUATION
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UN
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International Peace and Security
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13.02.00
- Disaster Prevention, Preparedness And Relief
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