KARNALI, June 20: The Karnali Province government has started preparations for disaster response to mitigate the loss of lives and property due to natural disasters. The monsoon became active in Karnali from Monday, according to the local meteorological office.
KARNALI, June 20: The Karnali Province government has started preparations for disaster response to mitigate the loss of lives and property due to natural disasters. The monsoon became active in Karnali from Monday, according to the local meteorological office.
The Karnali provincial government has started preparedness for disaster response to mitigate the loss of lives and property due to disaster. The monsoon has become active in Karnali from Monday, according to the local meteorological office.
KATHMANDU, Nov 7: As many as 41 people died and 20,792 were displaced by floods and landslides in Karnali Province in the past 15 days.
Of the deceased, the highest of 10 people were recorded in Jumla followed by eight each in Humla and Mugu, seven in Kalikot, three each in Jajarkot and Salyan and one each in Dailekh and Dolpa, according to the record book of the Karnali Province.
Likewise, according to the Karnali Police, as many as 20,792 people have been displaced by the disaster in the province.
The government is doing its best to relocate the displaced people along with search and rescue missions. The government conducted 12 helicopter flights to distribute 11 tons of relief materials in the province. Likewise, 30 tons of materials have been dispatched in the province by the roadways.
So far, the government has rescued 128 people from four districts in the province.
Horrific reports from the Karnali floods have created an urgent need to develop a prevention plan to save the maximum number of lives and property of the Nepali people.
KOHALPUR, Dec 3: Emphasis has been given on the implementation of minimum humanitarian standards in disaster response efforts. Participants of a training programme on humanitarian standards organized here by the National Disaster Risk Reduction Center (NDRC) were of the view that it was essential to enhance the knowledge, skills and efficiency of government, non-government and private organisations working in the humanitarian service sector.
The programme was supported by the Asian Preparedness Partnership (APP). Inaugurating the programme, APP national representative Man Thapa talked about global endevours in regard with minimum standards required in disaster relief and rescue operations and works that Nepal was expected to launch in the related field. He said, “As Nepal is highly vulnerable to natural disasters, the basic humanitarian aspects of the affected community should be assimilated.”
A total of 35 representatives from Lumbini, Karnali, and Sudur Paschim Provinces attended the three-day event which discussed about theoretical and applied knowledge about disaster, related guidelines and standards issued by government bodies, and practices implemented by several countries. Disaster expert Sunil Shakya facilitated the session on the minimum humanitarian standards and the 'Sphere standards'.
It may be noted that the Sphere Project known as the Sphere aims to enhance the quality of assistance provided to people affected by disasters, and to enhance the accountability of the humanitarian system in disaster response human rescue efforts. It was launched in 1997. NDRC programme director Suresh Thapa and programme officer Krishna Ghimire were the facilitators of the programme while Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS) Chief Reporter Krishna Adhikari briefed the gathering about the implementation of minimum human standards during the rescue and relief efforts following the Melamchi flood in June
PM Sher Bahadur Deuba has started an onsite visit to Karnali and Sudurpaschim provinces to take stock of the losses caused by recent floods and landslides.
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