Infrastructure Minister Calls for Powerful Disaster Management Body

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,...