Situala briefs parliament on landslide losses
Home Minister Krishna Prasad Sitaula Sunday briefed the parliament on the loss of lives and properties in landslides in Bagalung and Bajura districts.
Minister Sitaula informed the parliament that 24 people have died and 7 were injured in series of landslides that struck various parts of Baglung district from Thursday night. He said two of the injured were shortly being airlifted to Kathmandu for treatment while others are undergoing treatment in Pokhara. He also said that 32 families had been displaced after the landslides swept away their homes.
Similarly, Minister Sitaula said five people were killed and three more inured in landslides in Bajura district, far-western region.
He said the government would provide Rs 15,000 to the surviving family members of each of the dead as immediate relief and Rs 10,000 to the displaced and injured. He said that the government would also bear all the cost of the medical treatment for those injured in the landslide.
Earlier, speaking at the ‘special time’, lawmakers from the landslides affected districts had demanded that the home minister provide details about the loss of lives and property in the recent landslide to the parliament in person.
The debate on the government’s budget estimate for the fiscal year 2007-08 continues in the House today as well.
Most of the lawmakers who took part in yesterday’s discussion had expressed their objection to the allocation of budget to the king and alleged it to be ‘urban-centric’.
The debate on the budget is likely to conclude today. nepalnews.com ag July 15 07
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