Kathmandu. The Department of Commerce, Supply and Consumer Protection has decided to intensify market monitoring to prevent shortages and price hikes of food grains and cooking gas in the market following disruptions caused by floods and landslides due to continuous rainfall. The department is deploying 10 special teams in the Kathmandu Valley starting Tuesday (tomorrow) to expand the monitoring efforts.According to Anil Kiranti, information officer at the department, the monitoring, which was previously conducted by only 4 teams, will now involve 10 teams comprising approximately 40 people, including additional staff from the ministry, starting tomorrow. The department has prepared to...
अफ्रिकाका विभिन्न देशमा रहेका नेपालीहरूले मातृभूमिमा परेको विपद्मा सहयोग गर्ने उद्देश्यले सञ्चालन गरेको अभियानबाट हालसम्म उल्लेख्य रकम संकलन भइसकेको छ।
Kathmandu. Infrastructure Development Minister Sunil Lamsal has stated that there is a need for a high-authority and powerful body like the former Nepal Reconstruction Authority for disaster management and reconstruction. Minister Lamsal said this while speaking at a discussion on the economic damage and response plan of disasters organized at the Ministry of Finance.He emphasized the need to envision a structure that can work at a rapid pace in parallel. Minister Lamsal expressed dissatisfaction that the lower-level structures of the state should be automatically activated during times of disaster, but this has not happened. 'As soon as a disaster strikes,...
Kathmandu. On the morning of Bhadra 10, a devastating flood in the Bhote Koshi-Lende river on the Nepal-China border caused significant damage in 15 local levels of Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Dhading, Gorkha, and Tanahu districts. The flood destroyed Timure, Syabrubesi, Betrawati in Rasuwa; Trishuli, Dhunge, Sole in Nuwakot; and Baireni Bazaar in Dhading. According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority, the death toll has reached 903, with 4,608 people still missing. The Ministry of Home Affairs reported that 579 tourists, 45 Nepal Army personnel, 25 Nepal Police officers, and 13 Armed Police Force personnel were out of contact....