Govt announces Rs 50 million as emergency relief to flood victims
An emergency meeting of the Council of Ministers Sunday decided to release Rs 50 million as immediate relief to flood and landslides victims across the country.
The half-hour cabinet meeting held at the Prime Minister’s residence in Baluwatar in the afternoon came up with the decision. Minister for Information and Communication Krishna Bahadur Mahara told reporters that all cabinet members had decided to donate seven percent of their one month salary to the flood victims.
The cabinet meeting also decided to appeal to national and international donors to contribute to the government’s relief efforts.
The emergency cabinet meeting came in the wake of widespread devastation and loss of lives in several Terai districts due to flash floods caused by heavy rainfall over the last few days. nepalnews.com mk July 29 07
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Rains are receding: NOAA CPC prediction for July 29 - August 5, 2007
Monsoon Highlights:
The rainfall synopsis for Nepal for July 29-August 5: The area under very heavy rains (150mm and more) is very less today (5-8% from 90% last week), and the area under just heavy rains (100 mm or so) is just 35%. Situation seems to be slightly improving; actually little rain in the eastern part of the country across the hills and plains. However, heavy rains are predicted in the far-west part of the country, especially in the plains and hills of Kanchanpur, Kailali, Bardiya, and Banke. Surkhet valley will have high rains as in the past, no less. Although the above terai districts will have heavy rains, the extent or the area of heavy rain is small, and is localized, so the flooding will continue at smaller intensity than the last few days.
Image 1: SOuth Asia Rainfall Prediction
The Terai districts of western and central Nepal - that are Kapilbastu, Rupandehi, Nawalparasi, Chitwan and Makwanpur will get rains above 150mm, same as last week, but, the upper reach of the streams in the area will have less rains. So, there is less chance of having serious and consistent flooding, although it is not possible to completely rule out possibility of flooding and submergence of settlements and infrastructure under flood water.
Eastern Nepal, especially, Jhapa will get regular high rains at its south-east part, but only few damaging incidents are expected there. The area upstream has less percentage area of high rains there.
Image 2: Asia Continent Rainfall Prediction
Bangladesh, India: The north-east part of india continues receiving heavy rains, although the rain concentrations are shifting more towards Madhya Pradesh and western part of UP and Bihar. The extent of rain area is not that widespread as in the last week. The western ghats of India rains are receding. However, the rain effect in Bangladesh continues to remain unchanged, due to continuation of heavy rains in Assam, Meghalaya and North half of Bangladesh, albeit the southern delta area seems to have relieved a bit. Here, the flow and submergence depends on what happens in the catchments of the Ganges and Brahmaputra anyway.
More updates tomorrow!
Thanks to NOAA CPC, who have presented rainfall prediction images for Asia.
The rainfall synopsis for Nepal for July 29-August 5: The area under very heavy rains (150mm and more) is very less today (5-8% from 90% last week), and the area under just heavy rains (100 mm or so) is just 35%. Situation seems to be slightly improving; actually little rain in the eastern part of the country across the hills and plains. However, heavy rains are predicted in the far-west part of the country, especially in the plains and hills of Kanchanpur, Kailali, Bardiya, and Banke. Surkhet valley will have high rains as in the past, no less. Although the above terai districts will have heavy rains, the extent or the area of heavy rain is small, and is localized, so the flooding will continue at smaller intensity than the last few days.
Image 1: SOuth Asia Rainfall Prediction
The Terai districts of western and central Nepal - that are Kapilbastu, Rupandehi, Nawalparasi, Chitwan and Makwanpur will get rains above 150mm, same as last week, but, the upper reach of the streams in the area will have less rains. So, there is less chance of having serious and consistent flooding, although it is not possible to completely rule out possibility of flooding and submergence of settlements and infrastructure under flood water.
Eastern Nepal, especially, Jhapa will get regular high rains at its south-east part, but only few damaging incidents are expected there. The area upstream has less percentage area of high rains there.
Image 2: Asia Continent Rainfall Prediction
Bangladesh, India: The north-east part of india continues receiving heavy rains, although the rain concentrations are shifting more towards Madhya Pradesh and western part of UP and Bihar. The extent of rain area is not that widespread as in the last week. The western ghats of India rains are receding. However, the rain effect in Bangladesh continues to remain unchanged, due to continuation of heavy rains in Assam, Meghalaya and North half of Bangladesh, albeit the southern delta area seems to have relieved a bit. Here, the flow and submergence depends on what happens in the catchments of the Ganges and Brahmaputra anyway.
More updates tomorrow!
Thanks to NOAA CPC, who have presented rainfall prediction images for Asia.
Friday, July 27, 2007
Getting seriously into a troubled monsoon 2007 for Nepal: Rainfall Prediction July 26- Aug 2, 2007
Once agaiin the news is that Nepal is getting serious monsoon rains , find below the image updates from NOAA CPC for July 26-Aug 2, 2007.
Thanks to NOAA Climate Prediction Center for their valuable images. The text that follows are interpretations made based on the data.
Rainfall over Nepal: a synopsis
Image 1: Rainfall prediction for South Asia, subset of Image 2 below
Continuing from July 26, 2007 post: There is new image depicting heavier rain (>150mm) spread to about 60% of the land area of Nepal, as compared to only 5% in yesterdays. Many houses are submerged in Bardia and other Terai districts. Expect increase in such reports to more areas in Terai, especially the low lying areas of the Terai. This is getting seriously into a troubled monsoon for Nepal.
Rainfall over Bangladesh & India:
The rainfal volume is increasing in Bangladesh, continuing yesterday's post - more flooded land in Bangladesh.
There is similar pattern over the north,northeast India. The western ghats of India is maximum rains constantly for last couple of days. Expect heavy monsoon choking in several places there.
Image 2: Rainfall prediction for Asia
Thanks to NOAA Climate Prediction Center for their valuable images. The text that follows are interpretations made based on the data.
Rainfall over Nepal: a synopsis
Image 1: Rainfall prediction for South Asia, subset of Image 2 below
Continuing from July 26, 2007 post: There is new image depicting heavier rain (>150mm) spread to about 60% of the land area of Nepal, as compared to only 5% in yesterdays. Many houses are submerged in Bardia and other Terai districts. Expect increase in such reports to more areas in Terai, especially the low lying areas of the Terai. This is getting seriously into a troubled monsoon for Nepal.
Rainfall over Bangladesh & India:
The rainfal volume is increasing in Bangladesh, continuing yesterday's post - more flooded land in Bangladesh.
There is similar pattern over the north,northeast India. The western ghats of India is maximum rains constantly for last couple of days. Expect heavy monsoon choking in several places there.
Image 2: Rainfall prediction for Asia
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काठमाडौं, साउन १० - अविरल वषर्ाले मुलुकका विभिन्न भागको जनजीवन थप प्रभावित भएको
छ । पहिरोमा परी सल्यानमा एकै परिवारका ५ जनाको मृत्यु भएको छ । सप्तरीमा बाढीले बगाउँदा थप एक बालिकाको मृत्यु भएको छ । कयौं घाइते भएका छन् । घर बगाउँदा र डुबानमा पर्दा कम्तीमा २५ सय परिवार विस्थापित भएका छन् । डुबानमा परेका घरको छतमा बसेकाहरूको उद्धार गर्न सकिएको छैन ।
धेरै स्थानमा यातायात र आवत-जावत अवरुद्ध भएको छ । सयौं यात्रु अलपत्र परेका छन् । विद्यालयलगायतका सार्वजनिक सरोकारका निकाय बन्द भएका छन् । कैयौं ठाउँमा विद्युत् अवरुद्ध हुन पुगेको छ । हजारौं पीडितहरू विद्यालय र सार्वजनिक स्थलमा शरण लिएर बसेका छन् । विभिन्न ठाउँमा दैनिक उपभोग्य वस्तुको अभाव हुन थालेको छ । घटना धेरै ठाउँमा भएका र वषर्ा अविरल भइरहेकाले उद्धारमा अप्ठ्यारो परेको छ । प्रशासन सबै ठाउँमा पुग्न नसक्दा क्षतिको यकिन विवरण प्राप्त हुन सकेको छैन ।
सल्यानको विकट काप्रेचौर गाविस ३ छरछरेमा बिहीबार बिहान पहिरोले घर पुरिँदा एकै घरका ५ जनाको मृत्यु भएको हो । मृत्यु हुनेमा ढालबहादुर राम्जाली, उनकी श्रीमती र छोराछोरी छन् ।
परिवारका दुई बच्चा भने बच्न सफल भएका छन् । पहिरो आइरहेकाले उद्धारमा कठिनाइ भइरहेको स्थानीय बासिन्दाले जनाएका छन् । जिल्ला प्रहरी कार्यालयले काप्रेचौरबाट नजिक पर्ने कालिमाटी चौकीलाई खटाइएको जनाएको छ ।
यस्तै मोहली खोलामा आएको बाढीले बगाउँदा सप्तरी बकधुवा-९ का लालु दासकी १२ वषर्ीया छोरी ममताको बिहीबार मृत्यु भएको छ । बिहान दाउरा खोज्न जाँदा उनलाई खोलाले बगाएको थियो ।
बर्दियाको बबई र कणर्ाली नदीमा आएको बाढीले बिहीबार करिब दुई हजार परिवार विस्थापित भएका
छन् । उनीहरूले राजमार्गको छेउ र स्थानीय विद्यालयमा शरण लिएका छन् । गुलरिया नगरपालिकाको बालापुर, तुलसीपुर, रामपुर टप्पु, रत्नापुर, मडहजिया, थपुवा, कोठिया गाउँ डुबानमा परेका छन् । महम्मदपुर गाविसको सूर्यगौडी, टडुवा, जमुनी गाविस-१ फुटहा, बगनाहा गाविस-२ मुक्त कमैया बस्ती, भिम्मापुर गाविस-७, भालुफाँटलगायत ठाउँमा बाढीले २ हजार घरपरिवार विस्थापित भएको जिल्ला प्रशासन कार्यालयका प्रशासकीय अधिकृत केशव शर्माले जनाएका छन् ।
३२ केभी प्रसारण लाइनको कयौं पोल बगाएकाले बिहानदेखि जिल्लामा विद्युत् आपूर्ति ठप्प छ । बाढी नघटेसम्म विद्युत् आपूर्ति नहुने विद्युत् प्राधिकरणले जनाएको छ । गुलरिया-नेपालगन्ज सडक र भुरीगाउँ ढोढरी सडकमाथि पानी बगेकाले यातायात बन्द छ । गुलरिया-१३ मजहडिया र बाँध पुरुवालगायत महम्मदपुर गाविस-सूर्यगौडीमा घरका छतमाथि बसेका करिब २५ जनाको उद्धार गर्न कठिनाइ भएको डीएसपी कमल खरेलले बताए । सिद्धि बक्स गण, सशस्त्र प्रहरी र जनपथ प्रहरी बाढीपीडितको उद्धारका लागि खटिएका छन् । प्रतिकूल मौसम र र्यापरको अभावमा छतमाथि बसेकाको उद्धार गर्न नसकिएको खरेलले बताए ।
कणर्ाली नदीको टप्पु राजापुर जोड्ने जलमार्ग कोठियाघाटमा बाढीका कारण डुंगा, स्टिमर ठप्प भएकाले सयौं यात्रु अलपत्र परेको एमाले जिल्ला कमिटी उपसचिव हरि ज्ञवालीले बताए । टप्पुको मनाउ, खैरीचन्दनपुद्युर, राजापुरलगायत गाविसमा बाढीले सयौं घर डुबानमा परेका छन् । विस्थापितका लागि खाने, बस्ने व्यवस्था गर्न नेपाल रेडक्रस जिल्ला शाखाको पहलमा आठ दललगायत विभिन्न संघ-संस्था परिचालित छन् ।
रौतहटको दुई दर्जन गाविसमा एक सय बढी घर भत्किएका छन् । घर भत्किँदा जिङ्गडवा बेलबिछुवा गाविसका शेष अतिउल्लाहका ५ वषर्ीय छोरा थिचिएर घाइते भएका छन् । उनको वीरगन्जमा उपचार भइरहेको छ । जिल्लाको गौर नपा, औरैया, इनरबारी, मिठुअवा, अजगैबी, जिङ्गडवा, करुनिया, इनर्बा, पथराबुधरामपुर, भषेडवा, धरमुरपुर लगायत दुई दर्जन गाविसमा एक सय बढी घर भत्किएको प्रहरीले जनाएको छ ।
सिरहामा घर बगाउँदा खम्बामा चेपिएर अर्नमा प्रपी-५ का कुशेश्वर महरा सख्त घाइते भएका छन् । सोही स्थ्ाानका पछुवा सदाका ११ वषर्ीया छोरी रीना कुमारी घरको भित्ताले चेपिएर घाइते भएकी छिन् । दुवैको स्थानीय उपचार केन्द्रमा उपचार भइरहेको छ । मैनावती खोलामा आएको बाढीका कारण अर्नमा प्रपी-५ र ६ का ६० घरपरिवार विस्थापित भई स्थानीय विद्यालयमा बसेका छन् ।
हरकट्टी गाविसस्थित दसगजा क्षेत्रमा निर्माण गरिएको बाँधका कारण दर्जनौं गाविस डुबानमा पर्दा हजारौं बासिन्दा बिचल्लीमा परेका छन् । त्यहाँ सतहदेखि पाँच फिटमाथिसम्म पानी जमेको छ । पाँच सय परिवार विस्थापित हुने अवस्थामा छन् । बाढीले बरियारपट्टी, सुखीपुर, औरही, तुल्सीपुर, पिप्रा प्रपी, तेनुवापट्टी, इटाटार, जानकीनगर, ठेंगही, गौरीपुर, सिलोर्वापछबारी, कबिलासी, महनौर, बल्ही, हरिनगर, कुशहलक्ष्मीनिया, विद्यानगर, जिझौल, कचनारीलगायतका गाविस डुवानमा परेका छन् ।
दमकमा २ सयभन्दा बढी घरमा पानी पसेको छ । सयौं बिघा धानखेती कटानमा परेको छ । धरमपुर-१ मा कमल खोलामा आएको बाढीले ४५ घर विस्थापित छन् । खोलाले बहाव बदलेर गाउँतिर पसेपछि घरहरू डुबानमा परेका हुन् । अनारमनी-७ अदुवा खोलामा आएको बाढीले घर डुबानमा परेपछि ३७ सुकुम्बासी परिवार विस्थापित भएका छन् । कन्काई नदीले सतासीधाम-८ का २० भन्दा बढी परिवार विस्थापित भएका छन् । दमकको दिपेनी खोलाको बाढीले २० भन्दा बढी घर डुबानमा परेका छन् । बाढीका कारण सुरुंगा कुच्मरक्खोड धरमपुर चोकबाट गाउँतिर जाने सडक अवरुद्ध भएको छ ।
पर्वतमा पहिरोमा परी पांग गाविस-४ का तेजराम सुवेदी र सुशीला कार्की घाइते भएका छन् । खेमबहादुर मल्ल र दीपक सुवेदीको घरमा क्षति पुगेको छ । पोखरा-बागलुङ राजमार्ग तथा मालढुंगा-बेनी सडक अवरुद्ध छ । मालढुंगा-बेनी सडक विस्तार क्रममा पहिरो जान थालेपछि कालीगण्डकी किनारका चार दर्जनभन्दा बढी घर प्रभावित भएका छन् ।
पाल्पाका ग्रामीण सडक अवरुद्ध
छन् । आर्यभन्ज्याङ-रामपुर, हार्थोक-छहरा र बाँसटारी झडेवा सडकमा मंगलबार साँझदेखि सवारी चल्न सकेका छैनन् । आर्यभन्ज्याङका विजय श्रेष्ठले जानकारी गराएअनुसार मंगलबार साँझदेखि बस, जिपलगायत कुनै पनि सवारीसाधन चलेका छैनन् ।
कैलालीको दक्षिण-पूर्वी क्षेत्रको जनजीवन प्रभावित छ । भजनी-९ नयाँ बस्तीका २० परिवार विस्थापित छन् । यस्तै करिब ७० परिवार कृष्णध्वज मावि, मोहन्याल गाविस भवन र प्रहरी चौकीमा बसेका छन् । माओवादी शिविर र मुक्त कमैया बस्तीमा पनि बढी क्षति पुगेको छ ।
महोत्तरी सदरमुकाम जलेश्वरलगायतका गाउँ डुबानमा परेका छन् । बिगही खोलाको बाढीका कारण यातायात अवरुद्ध छ । दक्षिणवर्ती २८ गाविसका ६ सयभन्दा बढी घरमा क्षति पुगेको छ । डुबान क्षेत्रमा उपभोग्य वस्तु अभाव हुन थालेको छ । प्रशासन कार्यालयमा बिहान बसेको जिल्ला दैवीप्रकोपको आकस्मिक बैठकले पीडित पहिचान गरी तत्काल राहत उपलब्ध गराउन तथा अवरुद्ध सडक यथाशीघ्र सुचारु गराउन मातहतकालाई निर्देशन दिए पनि प्रतिकूल मौसमले सम्भव हुन सकेको छैन ।
सर्लाहीमा बिहीबारसम्म १ सय ९४ घर भत्किँदा त्यहाँ बस्दै आएका अधिकांश दलित परिवार विस्थापित भएका छन् ।
उदयपुरमा सदरमुकाम गाईघाटसहित दर्जनभन्दा बढी गाविस जलमग्न छन् । सप्तकोसीको बाढीले तपेश्वीर-१५ मा सय घर डुबानमा परेका छन् । गाविसको १ देखि ६ वडाका करिब १५ सय घर प्रभावित भएको निवर्तमान गाविस उपाध्यक्ष नन्दीलाल चौधरीले बताए । ठोक्सीला-४ का पुष्प सदाको घर बगाउनुका साथै २२ घर डुबानमा परेको इलाका प्रहरी कार्यालय रामपुरले जनाएको छ ।
कटारी-ओखलढुंगा सडक अवरुद्ध भई यातायात बन्द हुँदा ओखलढुंगा सदरमुकाममा तीन दिनयता खाद्यान्नलगायत उपभोग्य वस्तुको अभाव हुन थालेको स्थानीय लालु श्रेष्ठले बताए ।
चितवनको भरतपुर, नारायणगढ, टाँडी, सौराहालगायतका व्यापारिक केन्द्रमा पानी जमेको छ । सडकमा हलुका सवारीसाधनको चहल पहलमा कमी देखिएको छ । तनहुँमा पृथ्वी राजमार्गअन्तर्गत आँबुखैरेनी नजिक ऐनापार्कीमा पहिरो जाँदा यातायात अवरुद्ध भएको छ ।
जनकपुर नगरपालिकाको विभिन्न क्षेत्र र पूर्वी धनुषाका एक दर्जन गाविस विभिन्न गाउँ डुबानमा परेका छन् । जमुनी, जलाद, जगदर र बिग्घी नदीमा आएको बाढीले यातायात अवरुद्ध भएको छ । भारतको जयनगरसम्म चल्ने मुलुकको एकमात्र रेल सेवा पनि बन्द हुन पुगेको छ ।
बाँकेमा घरभित्र पानी पस्दा सय परिवार विस्थापित छन् । नेपालगन्ज नगर क्ष्ाेत्रमा मात्र ४४ परिवारले घर छोडेका छन् । वडा-५ को सल्यानीवाग क्षेत्र अत्यधिक डुबानमा परेको छ । यहाँका अधिकांश घरभित्र पानी पसेको छ । सल्यानीवागस्थित निमाविमा २६ परिवारले आश्रय लिएका छन् भने नगरपालिकाको सटरहरूमा १८ परिवार छन् । बिहीबार अधिकांश विद्यालय बन्द रहे । सिनेमा घरसमेत बन्द गरिए । नगरमा विद्युत् प्रसारण बन्द गरिएको छ । बाँकेकै ग्रामीण क्ष्ाेत्र टिटहरियामा १५ परिवार घर डुब्ने डरले स्थानीय स्कुलमा सरेका छन् । राप्ती नदीमा बाढी आएपछि डुबान हुनसक्ने क्षेत्रको स्थलगत निरीक्षणका लागि सेना र प्रहरी पठाइएको छ । जिल्ल्ाा प्रशासन कार्यालयका प्रशासकीय अधिकृत कृष्णप्रसाद आचार्यले भने- 'खडैचामा पानी पसेको खबर आएकाले गस्ती पठाइएको हो ।'
यसैबीच सप्तकोसी नदीमा पानीको बहाव बढेपछि बिहीबार खतराको संकेत रातो बत्ती बालिएको छ । ब्यारेजमा रातो झन्डा गाडिएको र ५५ मध्ये २५ ढोका बन्द गरिएको कोसी ब्यारेज प्रहरीले जनाएको छ ।
पछिल्लो रेकर्डअनुसार कोसीमा प्रतिसेकेन्ड झन्डै २ लाख घनमिटर पानी बहाव छ ।
यस्तै कोसीको मध्यभागमा रहेका गोभरगाढा, श्रीलंका टापु र नरसिंह गाविस डुबानमा परेका छन् । इटहरीको टेंग्रा खोलाको शाखा नहर भत्कँदा इटहरी-९ वडाका दर्जनौं घरमा पानी पसेको छ । सोनापुरका दर्जन बढी आदिवासी विस्थापित भएका छन् । कोसी ब्यारेजको उत्तरतिर रहेको श्रीलंका टापु र दक्षिण क्षेत्रमा रहेको गोभरगाढामा ४ हजारभन्दा बढी सर्वसाधारण भैंसीपालन पेसा गरेर बस्दै आएका छन् ।
भारतले बाँध खोलेन
विकास थापा
काठमाडौं, १० साउन- बाँकेका दर्जन गाविस डुुबानमा पार्ने लक्ष्मणपुुर बाँधको निकास खोल्न नेपालसँग गरेको सहमति भारतले उल्लंघन गरेको छ । सरकारले सहमति कार्यान्वयनका लागि पटकपटक ताकेता गर्दा पनि भारतले वास्ता नगरेपछि बाँकेका सीमा क्ष्ाेत्रका गाविसहरू डुुबानको खतरामा छन् ।
वषर्ा सुुरु भइसकेकाले बाँकेका दक्षिणी भेग जतिखेर पनि डुुबानमा पर्न सक्ने जल उत्पन्न प्रकोप नियन्त्रण विभागका इन्जिनियरले चेतावनी दिएका छन् । हरेक वषर्ायाममा सीमावर्ती एक दर्जन गाविस उक्त बाँधबाट डुुबानमा पर्दै आएका छन् ।
नेपाल र भारतबीच तीन वर्षअघि 'लक्ष्मणपुुर बाँधको निकास खोल्ने' सहमति भएको थियो । लक्ष्मणपुुर बाँध विवादमा आएपछि यसको छिनोफानो गर्न गठित उच्चस्तरीय प्राविधिक समिति -एचएलटीसी) को २८ सेप्टेम्बर, २००६ मा काठमाडौंमा भएको बैठकमा भारतले त्यस्तो सहमति जनाएको हो ।
सहमतिअनुुसार बाँध संरचनामा के-कति पानीको परिमाण निकास भए नेपाली भूभाग डुुब्दैन भन्ने पत्ता लगाउन उपसमितिसमेत गठन भएको थियो ।
नेपाली पक्षको उपसमितिले भारतीय अधिकारीलाई आफ्नो प्रतिवेदन दिइसकेका छन् । 'भारतले सक्दो चाँडो प्रतिवेदन कार्यान्वयन गर्ने सहमति गरेको थियो,' विभागका सहसचिव खोमराज दाहालले भने-'तर कैयौंपटक ताकेता गर्दा पनि वास्ता गरेको छैन ।'
सरकारले 'हाइड्रोलोजिकल एनालाइसिस एन्ड डिजाइन' सम्बन्धी उक्त प्रस्ताव भारतको लखनऊमा भएको उपसमितिको एक बैठकमा दिएको जलस्राेत मन्त्रालयका सिनियर डिभिजनल इन्जिनियर केशवध्वज अधिकारीले बताए ।
परराष्ट्रमार्फत जलस्राेत मन्त्रालयले त्यसको लगत्तै 'सहमति चाँडै कार्यान्वयन' गर्न -बाँधको निकास खोल्न) लगत्तै भारतीय दूतावासलाई पत्र लेखेको उनले बताए ।
अधिकारीका अनुुसार नेपाल सरकारले लक्ष्मणपुुर बाँधबारे भारतलाई विभिन्न अनौपचारिक सभा समारोह र राजनीतिक नेतृत्वको भेटघाटका अवसर पारेरसमेत सहमति कार्यान्वयनका लागि अनुुरोध गर्दै आएको छ ।
केही महिनाअघि नयाँदिल्लीमा भएको 'ऊर्जा सम्मेलन' मा समेत जलस्राेत राज्यमन्त्री ज्ञानेन्द्र बहादुर कार्कीले भारतीय समकक्षी, जलस्राेत सचिव र अन्य अधिकारीलाई समस्याबारे अवगत गराएका थिए ।
Posted on: 2007-07-26 20:52:19
कान्तिपुर संवाददाता
काठमाडौं, साउन १० - अविरल वषर्ाले मुलुकका विभिन्न भागको जनजीवन थप प्रभावित भएको
छ । पहिरोमा परी सल्यानमा एकै परिवारका ५ जनाको मृत्यु भएको छ । सप्तरीमा बाढीले बगाउँदा थप एक बालिकाको मृत्यु भएको छ । कयौं घाइते भएका छन् । घर बगाउँदा र डुबानमा पर्दा कम्तीमा २५ सय परिवार विस्थापित भएका छन् । डुबानमा परेका घरको छतमा बसेकाहरूको उद्धार गर्न सकिएको छैन ।
धेरै स्थानमा यातायात र आवत-जावत अवरुद्ध भएको छ । सयौं यात्रु अलपत्र परेका छन् । विद्यालयलगायतका सार्वजनिक सरोकारका निकाय बन्द भएका छन् । कैयौं ठाउँमा विद्युत् अवरुद्ध हुन पुगेको छ । हजारौं पीडितहरू विद्यालय र सार्वजनिक स्थलमा शरण लिएर बसेका छन् । विभिन्न ठाउँमा दैनिक उपभोग्य वस्तुको अभाव हुन थालेको छ । घटना धेरै ठाउँमा भएका र वषर्ा अविरल भइरहेकाले उद्धारमा अप्ठ्यारो परेको छ । प्रशासन सबै ठाउँमा पुग्न नसक्दा क्षतिको यकिन विवरण प्राप्त हुन सकेको छैन ।
सल्यानको विकट काप्रेचौर गाविस ३ छरछरेमा बिहीबार बिहान पहिरोले घर पुरिँदा एकै घरका ५ जनाको मृत्यु भएको हो । मृत्यु हुनेमा ढालबहादुर राम्जाली, उनकी श्रीमती र छोराछोरी छन् ।
परिवारका दुई बच्चा भने बच्न सफल भएका छन् । पहिरो आइरहेकाले उद्धारमा कठिनाइ भइरहेको स्थानीय बासिन्दाले जनाएका छन् । जिल्ला प्रहरी कार्यालयले काप्रेचौरबाट नजिक पर्ने कालिमाटी चौकीलाई खटाइएको जनाएको छ ।
यस्तै मोहली खोलामा आएको बाढीले बगाउँदा सप्तरी बकधुवा-९ का लालु दासकी १२ वषर्ीया छोरी ममताको बिहीबार मृत्यु भएको छ । बिहान दाउरा खोज्न जाँदा उनलाई खोलाले बगाएको थियो ।
बर्दियाको बबई र कणर्ाली नदीमा आएको बाढीले बिहीबार करिब दुई हजार परिवार विस्थापित भएका
छन् । उनीहरूले राजमार्गको छेउ र स्थानीय विद्यालयमा शरण लिएका छन् । गुलरिया नगरपालिकाको बालापुर, तुलसीपुर, रामपुर टप्पु, रत्नापुर, मडहजिया, थपुवा, कोठिया गाउँ डुबानमा परेका छन् । महम्मदपुर गाविसको सूर्यगौडी, टडुवा, जमुनी गाविस-१ फुटहा, बगनाहा गाविस-२ मुक्त कमैया बस्ती, भिम्मापुर गाविस-७, भालुफाँटलगायत ठाउँमा बाढीले २ हजार घरपरिवार विस्थापित भएको जिल्ला प्रशासन कार्यालयका प्रशासकीय अधिकृत केशव शर्माले जनाएका छन् ।
३२ केभी प्रसारण लाइनको कयौं पोल बगाएकाले बिहानदेखि जिल्लामा विद्युत् आपूर्ति ठप्प छ । बाढी नघटेसम्म विद्युत् आपूर्ति नहुने विद्युत् प्राधिकरणले जनाएको छ । गुलरिया-नेपालगन्ज सडक र भुरीगाउँ ढोढरी सडकमाथि पानी बगेकाले यातायात बन्द छ । गुलरिया-१३ मजहडिया र बाँध पुरुवालगायत महम्मदपुर गाविस-सूर्यगौडीमा घरका छतमाथि बसेका करिब २५ जनाको उद्धार गर्न कठिनाइ भएको डीएसपी कमल खरेलले बताए । सिद्धि बक्स गण, सशस्त्र प्रहरी र जनपथ प्रहरी बाढीपीडितको उद्धारका लागि खटिएका छन् । प्रतिकूल मौसम र र्यापरको अभावमा छतमाथि बसेकाको उद्धार गर्न नसकिएको खरेलले बताए ।
कणर्ाली नदीको टप्पु राजापुर जोड्ने जलमार्ग कोठियाघाटमा बाढीका कारण डुंगा, स्टिमर ठप्प भएकाले सयौं यात्रु अलपत्र परेको एमाले जिल्ला कमिटी उपसचिव हरि ज्ञवालीले बताए । टप्पुको मनाउ, खैरीचन्दनपुद्युर, राजापुरलगायत गाविसमा बाढीले सयौं घर डुबानमा परेका छन् । विस्थापितका लागि खाने, बस्ने व्यवस्था गर्न नेपाल रेडक्रस जिल्ला शाखाको पहलमा आठ दललगायत विभिन्न संघ-संस्था परिचालित छन् ।
रौतहटको दुई दर्जन गाविसमा एक सय बढी घर भत्किएका छन् । घर भत्किँदा जिङ्गडवा बेलबिछुवा गाविसका शेष अतिउल्लाहका ५ वषर्ीय छोरा थिचिएर घाइते भएका छन् । उनको वीरगन्जमा उपचार भइरहेको छ । जिल्लाको गौर नपा, औरैया, इनरबारी, मिठुअवा, अजगैबी, जिङ्गडवा, करुनिया, इनर्बा, पथराबुधरामपुर, भषेडवा, धरमुरपुर लगायत दुई दर्जन गाविसमा एक सय बढी घर भत्किएको प्रहरीले जनाएको छ ।
सिरहामा घर बगाउँदा खम्बामा चेपिएर अर्नमा प्रपी-५ का कुशेश्वर महरा सख्त घाइते भएका छन् । सोही स्थ्ाानका पछुवा सदाका ११ वषर्ीया छोरी रीना कुमारी घरको भित्ताले चेपिएर घाइते भएकी छिन् । दुवैको स्थानीय उपचार केन्द्रमा उपचार भइरहेको छ । मैनावती खोलामा आएको बाढीका कारण अर्नमा प्रपी-५ र ६ का ६० घरपरिवार विस्थापित भई स्थानीय विद्यालयमा बसेका छन् ।
हरकट्टी गाविसस्थित दसगजा क्षेत्रमा निर्माण गरिएको बाँधका कारण दर्जनौं गाविस डुबानमा पर्दा हजारौं बासिन्दा बिचल्लीमा परेका छन् । त्यहाँ सतहदेखि पाँच फिटमाथिसम्म पानी जमेको छ । पाँच सय परिवार विस्थापित हुने अवस्थामा छन् । बाढीले बरियारपट्टी, सुखीपुर, औरही, तुल्सीपुर, पिप्रा प्रपी, तेनुवापट्टी, इटाटार, जानकीनगर, ठेंगही, गौरीपुर, सिलोर्वापछबारी, कबिलासी, महनौर, बल्ही, हरिनगर, कुशहलक्ष्मीनिया, विद्यानगर, जिझौल, कचनारीलगायतका गाविस डुवानमा परेका छन् ।
दमकमा २ सयभन्दा बढी घरमा पानी पसेको छ । सयौं बिघा धानखेती कटानमा परेको छ । धरमपुर-१ मा कमल खोलामा आएको बाढीले ४५ घर विस्थापित छन् । खोलाले बहाव बदलेर गाउँतिर पसेपछि घरहरू डुबानमा परेका हुन् । अनारमनी-७ अदुवा खोलामा आएको बाढीले घर डुबानमा परेपछि ३७ सुकुम्बासी परिवार विस्थापित भएका छन् । कन्काई नदीले सतासीधाम-८ का २० भन्दा बढी परिवार विस्थापित भएका छन् । दमकको दिपेनी खोलाको बाढीले २० भन्दा बढी घर डुबानमा परेका छन् । बाढीका कारण सुरुंगा कुच्मरक्खोड धरमपुर चोकबाट गाउँतिर जाने सडक अवरुद्ध भएको छ ।
पर्वतमा पहिरोमा परी पांग गाविस-४ का तेजराम सुवेदी र सुशीला कार्की घाइते भएका छन् । खेमबहादुर मल्ल र दीपक सुवेदीको घरमा क्षति पुगेको छ । पोखरा-बागलुङ राजमार्ग तथा मालढुंगा-बेनी सडक अवरुद्ध छ । मालढुंगा-बेनी सडक विस्तार क्रममा पहिरो जान थालेपछि कालीगण्डकी किनारका चार दर्जनभन्दा बढी घर प्रभावित भएका छन् ।
पाल्पाका ग्रामीण सडक अवरुद्ध
छन् । आर्यभन्ज्याङ-रामपुर, हार्थोक-छहरा र बाँसटारी झडेवा सडकमा मंगलबार साँझदेखि सवारी चल्न सकेका छैनन् । आर्यभन्ज्याङका विजय श्रेष्ठले जानकारी गराएअनुसार मंगलबार साँझदेखि बस, जिपलगायत कुनै पनि सवारीसाधन चलेका छैनन् ।
कैलालीको दक्षिण-पूर्वी क्षेत्रको जनजीवन प्रभावित छ । भजनी-९ नयाँ बस्तीका २० परिवार विस्थापित छन् । यस्तै करिब ७० परिवार कृष्णध्वज मावि, मोहन्याल गाविस भवन र प्रहरी चौकीमा बसेका छन् । माओवादी शिविर र मुक्त कमैया बस्तीमा पनि बढी क्षति पुगेको छ ।
महोत्तरी सदरमुकाम जलेश्वरलगायतका गाउँ डुबानमा परेका छन् । बिगही खोलाको बाढीका कारण यातायात अवरुद्ध छ । दक्षिणवर्ती २८ गाविसका ६ सयभन्दा बढी घरमा क्षति पुगेको छ । डुबान क्षेत्रमा उपभोग्य वस्तु अभाव हुन थालेको छ । प्रशासन कार्यालयमा बिहान बसेको जिल्ला दैवीप्रकोपको आकस्मिक बैठकले पीडित पहिचान गरी तत्काल राहत उपलब्ध गराउन तथा अवरुद्ध सडक यथाशीघ्र सुचारु गराउन मातहतकालाई निर्देशन दिए पनि प्रतिकूल मौसमले सम्भव हुन सकेको छैन ।
सर्लाहीमा बिहीबारसम्म १ सय ९४ घर भत्किँदा त्यहाँ बस्दै आएका अधिकांश दलित परिवार विस्थापित भएका छन् ।
उदयपुरमा सदरमुकाम गाईघाटसहित दर्जनभन्दा बढी गाविस जलमग्न छन् । सप्तकोसीको बाढीले तपेश्वीर-१५ मा सय घर डुबानमा परेका छन् । गाविसको १ देखि ६ वडाका करिब १५ सय घर प्रभावित भएको निवर्तमान गाविस उपाध्यक्ष नन्दीलाल चौधरीले बताए । ठोक्सीला-४ का पुष्प सदाको घर बगाउनुका साथै २२ घर डुबानमा परेको इलाका प्रहरी कार्यालय रामपुरले जनाएको छ ।
कटारी-ओखलढुंगा सडक अवरुद्ध भई यातायात बन्द हुँदा ओखलढुंगा सदरमुकाममा तीन दिनयता खाद्यान्नलगायत उपभोग्य वस्तुको अभाव हुन थालेको स्थानीय लालु श्रेष्ठले बताए ।
चितवनको भरतपुर, नारायणगढ, टाँडी, सौराहालगायतका व्यापारिक केन्द्रमा पानी जमेको छ । सडकमा हलुका सवारीसाधनको चहल पहलमा कमी देखिएको छ । तनहुँमा पृथ्वी राजमार्गअन्तर्गत आँबुखैरेनी नजिक ऐनापार्कीमा पहिरो जाँदा यातायात अवरुद्ध भएको छ ।
जनकपुर नगरपालिकाको विभिन्न क्षेत्र र पूर्वी धनुषाका एक दर्जन गाविस विभिन्न गाउँ डुबानमा परेका छन् । जमुनी, जलाद, जगदर र बिग्घी नदीमा आएको बाढीले यातायात अवरुद्ध भएको छ । भारतको जयनगरसम्म चल्ने मुलुकको एकमात्र रेल सेवा पनि बन्द हुन पुगेको छ ।
बाँकेमा घरभित्र पानी पस्दा सय परिवार विस्थापित छन् । नेपालगन्ज नगर क्ष्ाेत्रमा मात्र ४४ परिवारले घर छोडेका छन् । वडा-५ को सल्यानीवाग क्षेत्र अत्यधिक डुबानमा परेको छ । यहाँका अधिकांश घरभित्र पानी पसेको छ । सल्यानीवागस्थित निमाविमा २६ परिवारले आश्रय लिएका छन् भने नगरपालिकाको सटरहरूमा १८ परिवार छन् । बिहीबार अधिकांश विद्यालय बन्द रहे । सिनेमा घरसमेत बन्द गरिए । नगरमा विद्युत् प्रसारण बन्द गरिएको छ । बाँकेकै ग्रामीण क्ष्ाेत्र टिटहरियामा १५ परिवार घर डुब्ने डरले स्थानीय स्कुलमा सरेका छन् । राप्ती नदीमा बाढी आएपछि डुबान हुनसक्ने क्षेत्रको स्थलगत निरीक्षणका लागि सेना र प्रहरी पठाइएको छ । जिल्ल्ाा प्रशासन कार्यालयका प्रशासकीय अधिकृत कृष्णप्रसाद आचार्यले भने- 'खडैचामा पानी पसेको खबर आएकाले गस्ती पठाइएको हो ।'
यसैबीच सप्तकोसी नदीमा पानीको बहाव बढेपछि बिहीबार खतराको संकेत रातो बत्ती बालिएको छ । ब्यारेजमा रातो झन्डा गाडिएको र ५५ मध्ये २५ ढोका बन्द गरिएको कोसी ब्यारेज प्रहरीले जनाएको छ ।
पछिल्लो रेकर्डअनुसार कोसीमा प्रतिसेकेन्ड झन्डै २ लाख घनमिटर पानी बहाव छ ।
यस्तै कोसीको मध्यभागमा रहेका गोभरगाढा, श्रीलंका टापु र नरसिंह गाविस डुबानमा परेका छन् । इटहरीको टेंग्रा खोलाको शाखा नहर भत्कँदा इटहरी-९ वडाका दर्जनौं घरमा पानी पसेको छ । सोनापुरका दर्जन बढी आदिवासी विस्थापित भएका छन् । कोसी ब्यारेजको उत्तरतिर रहेको श्रीलंका टापु र दक्षिण क्षेत्रमा रहेको गोभरगाढामा ४ हजारभन्दा बढी सर्वसाधारण भैंसीपालन पेसा गरेर बस्दै आएका छन् ।
भारतले बाँध खोलेन
विकास थापा
काठमाडौं, १० साउन- बाँकेका दर्जन गाविस डुुबानमा पार्ने लक्ष्मणपुुर बाँधको निकास खोल्न नेपालसँग गरेको सहमति भारतले उल्लंघन गरेको छ । सरकारले सहमति कार्यान्वयनका लागि पटकपटक ताकेता गर्दा पनि भारतले वास्ता नगरेपछि बाँकेका सीमा क्ष्ाेत्रका गाविसहरू डुुबानको खतरामा छन् ।
वषर्ा सुुरु भइसकेकाले बाँकेका दक्षिणी भेग जतिखेर पनि डुुबानमा पर्न सक्ने जल उत्पन्न प्रकोप नियन्त्रण विभागका इन्जिनियरले चेतावनी दिएका छन् । हरेक वषर्ायाममा सीमावर्ती एक दर्जन गाविस उक्त बाँधबाट डुुबानमा पर्दै आएका छन् ।
नेपाल र भारतबीच तीन वर्षअघि 'लक्ष्मणपुुर बाँधको निकास खोल्ने' सहमति भएको थियो । लक्ष्मणपुुर बाँध विवादमा आएपछि यसको छिनोफानो गर्न गठित उच्चस्तरीय प्राविधिक समिति -एचएलटीसी) को २८ सेप्टेम्बर, २००६ मा काठमाडौंमा भएको बैठकमा भारतले त्यस्तो सहमति जनाएको हो ।
सहमतिअनुुसार बाँध संरचनामा के-कति पानीको परिमाण निकास भए नेपाली भूभाग डुुब्दैन भन्ने पत्ता लगाउन उपसमितिसमेत गठन भएको थियो ।
नेपाली पक्षको उपसमितिले भारतीय अधिकारीलाई आफ्नो प्रतिवेदन दिइसकेका छन् । 'भारतले सक्दो चाँडो प्रतिवेदन कार्यान्वयन गर्ने सहमति गरेको थियो,' विभागका सहसचिव खोमराज दाहालले भने-'तर कैयौंपटक ताकेता गर्दा पनि वास्ता गरेको छैन ।'
सरकारले 'हाइड्रोलोजिकल एनालाइसिस एन्ड डिजाइन' सम्बन्धी उक्त प्रस्ताव भारतको लखनऊमा भएको उपसमितिको एक बैठकमा दिएको जलस्राेत मन्त्रालयका सिनियर डिभिजनल इन्जिनियर केशवध्वज अधिकारीले बताए ।
परराष्ट्रमार्फत जलस्राेत मन्त्रालयले त्यसको लगत्तै 'सहमति चाँडै कार्यान्वयन' गर्न -बाँधको निकास खोल्न) लगत्तै भारतीय दूतावासलाई पत्र लेखेको उनले बताए ।
अधिकारीका अनुुसार नेपाल सरकारले लक्ष्मणपुुर बाँधबारे भारतलाई विभिन्न अनौपचारिक सभा समारोह र राजनीतिक नेतृत्वको भेटघाटका अवसर पारेरसमेत सहमति कार्यान्वयनका लागि अनुुरोध गर्दै आएको छ ।
केही महिनाअघि नयाँदिल्लीमा भएको 'ऊर्जा सम्मेलन' मा समेत जलस्राेत राज्यमन्त्री ज्ञानेन्द्र बहादुर कार्कीले भारतीय समकक्षी, जलस्राेत सचिव र अन्य अधिकारीलाई समस्याबारे अवगत गराएका थिए ।
Posted on: 2007-07-26 20:52:19
Thursday, July 26, 2007
5 from one family dead, toll hits 11
5 from one family dead, toll hits 11
Six killed in floods, landslides
POST REPORT
KATHMANDU, July 26 - Five members of the same family died in Salyan after their house was buried under landslide Thursday. Elsewhere, one person died in flashfloods in Saptari the same day, taking the death toll from the recent torrential rainfall to 11.
Dhal Bahadur Ramjali, his wife and their three children died after their house at Chharchhare in Kaprechaur VDC-3, Salyan was buried under landslide Thursday morning. However, two other Ramjali children survived the disaster.
According to District Police Office, a police team from nearby Kalimati police post was sent to the place after receiving information of the landslide.
Similarly, 12-year-old Mamata Das of Theliya VDC of Saptari died after she was swept away by the flooded Mohali Rivulet.
Her dead body was found at Abasrutha at 2 pm. Das had gone to the nearby forest to collect firewood.
Earlier, two persons died in Dang while one each died in Udayapur, Bajhang and Nepalgunj due to flooding.
In Parbat, Tej Ram Subedi and Shushila Karki of Pang VDC-4 sustained serious injury after being buried in landslide. The houses of Khemraj Malla and Dipak Subedi in the same VDC collapsed.
Pokhara-Baglung and Beni-Maldhunga road sections were damaged and obstructed at various points due to landslide.
Meanwhile, a red light, signaling danger has been lit on the Koshi barrage after the water level in the Koshi river rose significantly due to continuous rain.
Our correspondent from Nepalgunj said that nearly 100 families in Banke have been displaced, while most of the areas in and around Nepalgunj municipality are waterlogged due to heavy rain.
Similarly, the Maoist satellite camp at Talabandi in Kailali has been submerged following incessant rainfall. According to police, about 20 families have been displaced at Bhajani VDC of the district.
Likewise, most of the areas of Janakpur municipality continue to be waterlogged and Janakpur-Jayanagar railway service has been disrupted due to rain.
Meanwhile, our correspondent from Biratnagar said that nearly 200 houses were damaged by the flood in the rural areas of Sarlahi district. Life in Jaleshwor municipality in Mahottari district continues to suffer due to heavy inundation, while over 600 houses in the district have collapsed.
Chitwan, Nawalparasi, Okhaldhunga, Palpa and other districts have also been affected because of flood, landslide and road obstructions.
Posted on: 2007-07-26 20:24:56 (Server Time)
Six killed in floods, landslides
POST REPORT
KATHMANDU, July 26 - Five members of the same family died in Salyan after their house was buried under landslide Thursday. Elsewhere, one person died in flashfloods in Saptari the same day, taking the death toll from the recent torrential rainfall to 11.
Dhal Bahadur Ramjali, his wife and their three children died after their house at Chharchhare in Kaprechaur VDC-3, Salyan was buried under landslide Thursday morning. However, two other Ramjali children survived the disaster.
According to District Police Office, a police team from nearby Kalimati police post was sent to the place after receiving information of the landslide.
Similarly, 12-year-old Mamata Das of Theliya VDC of Saptari died after she was swept away by the flooded Mohali Rivulet.
Her dead body was found at Abasrutha at 2 pm. Das had gone to the nearby forest to collect firewood.
Earlier, two persons died in Dang while one each died in Udayapur, Bajhang and Nepalgunj due to flooding.
In Parbat, Tej Ram Subedi and Shushila Karki of Pang VDC-4 sustained serious injury after being buried in landslide. The houses of Khemraj Malla and Dipak Subedi in the same VDC collapsed.
Pokhara-Baglung and Beni-Maldhunga road sections were damaged and obstructed at various points due to landslide.
Meanwhile, a red light, signaling danger has been lit on the Koshi barrage after the water level in the Koshi river rose significantly due to continuous rain.
Our correspondent from Nepalgunj said that nearly 100 families in Banke have been displaced, while most of the areas in and around Nepalgunj municipality are waterlogged due to heavy rain.
Similarly, the Maoist satellite camp at Talabandi in Kailali has been submerged following incessant rainfall. According to police, about 20 families have been displaced at Bhajani VDC of the district.
Likewise, most of the areas of Janakpur municipality continue to be waterlogged and Janakpur-Jayanagar railway service has been disrupted due to rain.
Meanwhile, our correspondent from Biratnagar said that nearly 200 houses were damaged by the flood in the rural areas of Sarlahi district. Life in Jaleshwor municipality in Mahottari district continues to suffer due to heavy inundation, while over 600 houses in the district have collapsed.
Chitwan, Nawalparasi, Okhaldhunga, Palpa and other districts have also been affected because of flood, landslide and road obstructions.
Posted on: 2007-07-26 20:24:56 (Server Time)
Monsoon wreaks havoc across Nepal
Monsoon wreaks havoc across Nepal
People climb onto a podium as the water level rises in the surrounding areas of the Bageshwori Temple on Thursday. Hundreds have been displaced in the region due to continuous heavy rainfall over the last two days.
(Photo: Janak Nepal )
Kantipur Report
NEPALGUNJ, July 26 - Torrential downpours and flashfloods have rendered hundreds of people homeless in Banke, Bardiya, Kailali, Udayapur, and some other districts in Terai, triggering a huge humanitarian crisis in the country.
One 12-year-old Mamata Das was killed when a flood in Mohali river swept her away in Thelia VDC, Rajbiraj of Saptari.
Bakudhuwas-9 resident Lalu Das’s daughter Mamata Das’s body was found by the police at around 2 pm.
With the latest casualty, altogether five persons have died due to monsoon-induced disasters in different parts of the country so far.
In the capital, lawmakers cutting across party lines Thursday asked the government to act swiftly to do whatever it can to rescue the flood victims.
Around one hundred families in flooded Nepalgunj have fled their homes after the water level rose up to 4 feet. The town in mid-western Nepal witnessed 151.1 mm of rainfall.
Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has cut off power from 11 Thursday morning after the water level at the local electric substation located in Nepalgunj Bus Park surged by 4 feet.
The NEA officials informed that they are working on a war-footing to drain the water so that the power supply can be resumed at the earliest.
Salyanbag locality at ward number 5 of the municipality has been affected the most. Many thatched houses have partially collapsed in the area, walls of some well-built houses have also fallen down.
Almost four feet of water has accumulated at most of the houses.
More than two dozen displaced families have been forced to take shelter at a pre-primary schools in Salyanbag and 18 families are taking refuge at the municipality building.
Dozens of families displaced due to inundations in the town have complained that they have not been rescued so far.
The humanitarian crisis is likely to deepen as the displacement of many more families is apparently inevitable as the monsoon onslaught continues.
Majority of the schools have also been closed since Thursday.
All cinema halls in Nepalgunj have also been waterlogged due to lack of proper water drainage.
Elsewhere in Banke district, 15 families of Titahariya village are taking shelter at a local school as the Rapti River swells.
According to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, the flood in the Rapti River has risen up to 5 feet and 20 cm and is just three meters below the danger level, and the water level is rising further.
A team of police and army personnel have been dispatched to the vulnerable areas to closely monitor flooding in the river, anticipating possible flooding and risk to life and properties in the region.
Administrative Officer at the District Administration Office, Krishna Prasad Acharya said, “The team was mobilized acting on a report of flooding at Khadaicha.”
Similarly, the residents of Chaupheri village across the Rapti River have urged the local administration to relocate them to safer areas.
Six villages of Holiya VDC are on the verge of being submerged by the flooding river, said Acharya.
As many people living at the banks of the river have been facing floods for years, they have moved to higher areas.
The local administration also informed that it has prepared disaster plans incase of flooding.
Acharya said, rescue teams comprising Nepal Army, Nepal Police and Armed Police Force, and doctors equipped with medicines are ready and can be dispatched at any time round the clock.
Moreover, two boats have been sent to the banks of the river to aide the emergency rescue operations.
In neighbouring Bardiya district, the overflowing Babai River has waterlogged hundreds of houses in Mohamedpur and Suryagauri villages.
The local administration added floods in Babai and Karnali Rivers have dispalced around two thousand people.
Rajapur Tappu and many other villages in Bardiya have been cut off from the district headquarters. Some 15 hundred people have been displaced from the villages.
Army and police personnel have been mobilized in the areas.
The district has plunged into darkness with the electricity supply disconnected.
Life in north-eastern Kailali has also been badly affected due to heavy rainfall.
Nearly two dozen families have been displaced after their homes were waterlogged, the District Police Office said.
They have taken refuge at nearby Bhajani Bazaar.
Likewise, a number of houses at wards 5, 6 and 9 of Thapapur VDC have also been inundated.
Local residents have taken shelter at the local Krishnadhwaj Secondary School as well as houses and a police station at Mohanyaan VDC.
After the local Kada, Pathariya, Kunda and Mohana Rivers flooded, the nearby areas have been submerged.
“There have been no human casualties,” Superintendent of Police Ganesh Rai said adding, “However, crops have been destroyed.”
The incessant rainfall has also affected other districts such as Udayapur, Jhapa, Sarlahi, Siraha, Saptari, Dang.
Likewise, two people lost their lives in a landslide and more than a dozen villages including Triyoga Municipality are under water in Udayapur, according to our Udayapur correspondent.
Around 150 houses have been inundated in Tapeshwar VDC alone.
Around 200 house holds of Fattepur Bazzar have been affected due to flooding in Triyoga River.
Our Jhapa correspondent reports that the flooded Kamala River has displaced 35 families at Dharampur VDC.
A team of Nepal Police has begun rescue operations in the area.
Sources informed, a team of Nepal Army is also being deployed to rescue the residents and cattle stuck in the flood.
Also in Jhapa, 100 bighas of paddy fields have been swept away at Khoklabari village due to the swelling Kamala and Kankai River in Mahabar VDC. At least 45 families of Dharampur village have also been displaced.
The incessant rainfall, which started a week back, has destroyed nearly 200 huts, houses while the Hulaki road has been disrupted in the district.
Ten families in Damak and 45 families of Dharampur VDC-1 have also been displaced by the floods.
Similarly, 37 houses of Sukumbasi were destroyed by the floods in Anarmuni VDC-7. They have been taken by the police to safe areas.
About two dozen families were displaced due to the flood in Satasidham-8.
At least 13 villages in Saptari have been flooded after the Bhim embankment at Kunaule on Nepal-India border collapsed.
Dozens of houses have been inundated at Rajbiraj and Kalyanpur.
Food storages have been ruined due to the flood in Topa Bazzar.
Various VDCs are under water due to the Kamala, Mainawarti, Gagal, Sahaja and Galti Rivers overflooding in Siraha.
Police sources said, 25 out of 55 dam-doors of the Koshi Barrage have been opened, after the current in the Sapta Koshi River increased rapidly.
Similarly, landslides triggered in Palpa by the continuous rainfall have obstructed four major roads and more than 50 sub-roads.
Several dozen houses were destroyed by the rain, District Police Office, Rautahat said.
Around 60 families have taken refuge in schools and other safe places after their houses were waterlogged after the Mainawati River in Arnama in Lahan over-flooded.
One Kuleshor Mahara and 11-year-old Rina Kumari were injured in separate incidents when their houses collapsed due to the rain.
Maoist cantonments, ex-Kamaiyas also affected
Heavy rainfall over the last few days has affected Maoist cantonment sites in Kailali district.
Water has entered the makeshift camps and bunkers at the Maoist camps at Taalband, Gaurange and Sahajpur of Chisapani and Baidhpur of Musuriya.
“Due to the floods, we’ve been unable to get clean drinking water,” Brigade commander of Taalband, Singhraj said. “We were forced to send a number of pregnant and lactating mothers to take shelter in houses in a nearby village.”
The combatants complained that they have also not been able to eat and sleep properly.
Makeshift camps housing freed Kamaiyas at places such as the old airport in Dhangadi, Manahara and Geta in the district have also been flooded.
Many of them have been displaced, though an exact number is yet to be ascertained.
Posted on: 2007-07-26 02:47:10 (Server Time)
People climb onto a podium as the water level rises in the surrounding areas of the Bageshwori Temple on Thursday. Hundreds have been displaced in the region due to continuous heavy rainfall over the last two days.
(Photo: Janak Nepal )
Kantipur Report
NEPALGUNJ, July 26 - Torrential downpours and flashfloods have rendered hundreds of people homeless in Banke, Bardiya, Kailali, Udayapur, and some other districts in Terai, triggering a huge humanitarian crisis in the country.
One 12-year-old Mamata Das was killed when a flood in Mohali river swept her away in Thelia VDC, Rajbiraj of Saptari.
Bakudhuwas-9 resident Lalu Das’s daughter Mamata Das’s body was found by the police at around 2 pm.
With the latest casualty, altogether five persons have died due to monsoon-induced disasters in different parts of the country so far.
In the capital, lawmakers cutting across party lines Thursday asked the government to act swiftly to do whatever it can to rescue the flood victims.
Around one hundred families in flooded Nepalgunj have fled their homes after the water level rose up to 4 feet. The town in mid-western Nepal witnessed 151.1 mm of rainfall.
Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has cut off power from 11 Thursday morning after the water level at the local electric substation located in Nepalgunj Bus Park surged by 4 feet.
The NEA officials informed that they are working on a war-footing to drain the water so that the power supply can be resumed at the earliest.
Salyanbag locality at ward number 5 of the municipality has been affected the most. Many thatched houses have partially collapsed in the area, walls of some well-built houses have also fallen down.
Almost four feet of water has accumulated at most of the houses.
More than two dozen displaced families have been forced to take shelter at a pre-primary schools in Salyanbag and 18 families are taking refuge at the municipality building.
Dozens of families displaced due to inundations in the town have complained that they have not been rescued so far.
The humanitarian crisis is likely to deepen as the displacement of many more families is apparently inevitable as the monsoon onslaught continues.
Majority of the schools have also been closed since Thursday.
All cinema halls in Nepalgunj have also been waterlogged due to lack of proper water drainage.
Elsewhere in Banke district, 15 families of Titahariya village are taking shelter at a local school as the Rapti River swells.
According to the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, the flood in the Rapti River has risen up to 5 feet and 20 cm and is just three meters below the danger level, and the water level is rising further.
A team of police and army personnel have been dispatched to the vulnerable areas to closely monitor flooding in the river, anticipating possible flooding and risk to life and properties in the region.
Administrative Officer at the District Administration Office, Krishna Prasad Acharya said, “The team was mobilized acting on a report of flooding at Khadaicha.”
Similarly, the residents of Chaupheri village across the Rapti River have urged the local administration to relocate them to safer areas.
Six villages of Holiya VDC are on the verge of being submerged by the flooding river, said Acharya.
As many people living at the banks of the river have been facing floods for years, they have moved to higher areas.
The local administration also informed that it has prepared disaster plans incase of flooding.
Acharya said, rescue teams comprising Nepal Army, Nepal Police and Armed Police Force, and doctors equipped with medicines are ready and can be dispatched at any time round the clock.
Moreover, two boats have been sent to the banks of the river to aide the emergency rescue operations.
In neighbouring Bardiya district, the overflowing Babai River has waterlogged hundreds of houses in Mohamedpur and Suryagauri villages.
The local administration added floods in Babai and Karnali Rivers have dispalced around two thousand people.
Rajapur Tappu and many other villages in Bardiya have been cut off from the district headquarters. Some 15 hundred people have been displaced from the villages.
Army and police personnel have been mobilized in the areas.
The district has plunged into darkness with the electricity supply disconnected.
Life in north-eastern Kailali has also been badly affected due to heavy rainfall.
Nearly two dozen families have been displaced after their homes were waterlogged, the District Police Office said.
They have taken refuge at nearby Bhajani Bazaar.
Likewise, a number of houses at wards 5, 6 and 9 of Thapapur VDC have also been inundated.
Local residents have taken shelter at the local Krishnadhwaj Secondary School as well as houses and a police station at Mohanyaan VDC.
After the local Kada, Pathariya, Kunda and Mohana Rivers flooded, the nearby areas have been submerged.
“There have been no human casualties,” Superintendent of Police Ganesh Rai said adding, “However, crops have been destroyed.”
The incessant rainfall has also affected other districts such as Udayapur, Jhapa, Sarlahi, Siraha, Saptari, Dang.
Likewise, two people lost their lives in a landslide and more than a dozen villages including Triyoga Municipality are under water in Udayapur, according to our Udayapur correspondent.
Around 150 houses have been inundated in Tapeshwar VDC alone.
Around 200 house holds of Fattepur Bazzar have been affected due to flooding in Triyoga River.
Our Jhapa correspondent reports that the flooded Kamala River has displaced 35 families at Dharampur VDC.
A team of Nepal Police has begun rescue operations in the area.
Sources informed, a team of Nepal Army is also being deployed to rescue the residents and cattle stuck in the flood.
Also in Jhapa, 100 bighas of paddy fields have been swept away at Khoklabari village due to the swelling Kamala and Kankai River in Mahabar VDC. At least 45 families of Dharampur village have also been displaced.
The incessant rainfall, which started a week back, has destroyed nearly 200 huts, houses while the Hulaki road has been disrupted in the district.
Ten families in Damak and 45 families of Dharampur VDC-1 have also been displaced by the floods.
Similarly, 37 houses of Sukumbasi were destroyed by the floods in Anarmuni VDC-7. They have been taken by the police to safe areas.
About two dozen families were displaced due to the flood in Satasidham-8.
At least 13 villages in Saptari have been flooded after the Bhim embankment at Kunaule on Nepal-India border collapsed.
Dozens of houses have been inundated at Rajbiraj and Kalyanpur.
Food storages have been ruined due to the flood in Topa Bazzar.
Various VDCs are under water due to the Kamala, Mainawarti, Gagal, Sahaja and Galti Rivers overflooding in Siraha.
Police sources said, 25 out of 55 dam-doors of the Koshi Barrage have been opened, after the current in the Sapta Koshi River increased rapidly.
Similarly, landslides triggered in Palpa by the continuous rainfall have obstructed four major roads and more than 50 sub-roads.
Several dozen houses were destroyed by the rain, District Police Office, Rautahat said.
Around 60 families have taken refuge in schools and other safe places after their houses were waterlogged after the Mainawati River in Arnama in Lahan over-flooded.
One Kuleshor Mahara and 11-year-old Rina Kumari were injured in separate incidents when their houses collapsed due to the rain.
Maoist cantonments, ex-Kamaiyas also affected
Heavy rainfall over the last few days has affected Maoist cantonment sites in Kailali district.
Water has entered the makeshift camps and bunkers at the Maoist camps at Taalband, Gaurange and Sahajpur of Chisapani and Baidhpur of Musuriya.
“Due to the floods, we’ve been unable to get clean drinking water,” Brigade commander of Taalband, Singhraj said. “We were forced to send a number of pregnant and lactating mothers to take shelter in houses in a nearby village.”
The combatants complained that they have also not been able to eat and sleep properly.
Makeshift camps housing freed Kamaiyas at places such as the old airport in Dhangadi, Manahara and Geta in the district have also been flooded.
Many of them have been displaced, though an exact number is yet to be ascertained.
Posted on: 2007-07-26 02:47:10 (Server Time)
Triggered by natural disasters and prolonged conflict, food insecurity worsens in Nepal
Triggered by natural disasters and prolonged conflict, food insecurity worsens in Nepal
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have said that the situation of food insecurity has worsened in Nepal in recent times.
A series of natural disasters in 2006 and 2007 have severely impacted on crop production in Nepal, placing a significant number of people at risk of food insecurity, according to the joint report released this week by the two leading UN bodies on food relief and agriculture.
The joint report states that a combination of prolonged drought, hailstorms, and flooding in areas traditionally most agriculturally productive have resulted in an estimated 225,000-metric-ton food grain shortage for 2006/2007, compared to a food deficit of only 23,000 tons last year. An estimated 42 out of 75 districts are reported to be food deficient.
The report is based upon the findings of a joint FAO/WFP crop and food supply assessment mission conducted in March and April of 2007.
"The results of the report largely confirm WFP's earlier estimates that many people, particularly those living in remote, chronically food insecure areas of Mid- and Far-Western Nepal are suffering the impact of consecutive years of drought and the lingering impacts of the 11-year insurgency," said Richard Ragan, WFP Representative in Nepal.
The WFP Representative has promised help to address these concerns as the situation is particularly troubling during the highly sensitive post-conflict period. "The WFP will immediately address these concerns by targeting 1.2 million people through a new US$49 million Peace and Recovery Programme and urge donors to support our effort," Ragan added.
According to a press statement by the WFP Nepal office, Nepal is a chronically food insecure, food deficit country, prone to natural disasters that can have serious consequences to agricultural production at both the national and local level. The report expresses serious concern over the estimated national undernourishment rate of 42 percent, with undernourishment rates in hill and mountain areas as high as 50 percent. Stunting rates in children are estimated to be as high as 60 percent in the Mid- and Far-Western Regions, and acute malnutrition rates of children at nearly 18 percent in the Terai.
"This is a really critical time," said Henri Josserand, Chief of the FAO Global Information and Early Warning System. "The process of national reconciliation can only make headway if the whole country shares in improved access to food and markets, lower rates of malnutrition, and a determined risk management strategy for food security."
The report concludes that "the confluence of high population growth, extremely limited scope of expansion of cultivated areas, under-developed irrigation infrastructures, continued high level of dependence on agriculture for livelihood and almost stagnant productivity of crops has resulted in acute risk of nation-wide food insecurity."
The UN report warns that continued high levels of food insecurity could destabilize the peace process, and recommends that immediate efforts be put in place to improve household food security and livelihoods.
Recommendations to address Nepal's food insecurity include a series of short and longer-term projects aimed at improving the availability of irrigation, construction of critical infrastructure, support and strengthening of government agricultural monitoring systems, and immediate food aid for drought and conflict-affected communities. nepalnews.com sd Jul 26 07
Source: NepalNews.com
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have said that the situation of food insecurity has worsened in Nepal in recent times.
A series of natural disasters in 2006 and 2007 have severely impacted on crop production in Nepal, placing a significant number of people at risk of food insecurity, according to the joint report released this week by the two leading UN bodies on food relief and agriculture.
The joint report states that a combination of prolonged drought, hailstorms, and flooding in areas traditionally most agriculturally productive have resulted in an estimated 225,000-metric-ton food grain shortage for 2006/2007, compared to a food deficit of only 23,000 tons last year. An estimated 42 out of 75 districts are reported to be food deficient.
The report is based upon the findings of a joint FAO/WFP crop and food supply assessment mission conducted in March and April of 2007.
"The results of the report largely confirm WFP's earlier estimates that many people, particularly those living in remote, chronically food insecure areas of Mid- and Far-Western Nepal are suffering the impact of consecutive years of drought and the lingering impacts of the 11-year insurgency," said Richard Ragan, WFP Representative in Nepal.
The WFP Representative has promised help to address these concerns as the situation is particularly troubling during the highly sensitive post-conflict period. "The WFP will immediately address these concerns by targeting 1.2 million people through a new US$49 million Peace and Recovery Programme and urge donors to support our effort," Ragan added.
According to a press statement by the WFP Nepal office, Nepal is a chronically food insecure, food deficit country, prone to natural disasters that can have serious consequences to agricultural production at both the national and local level. The report expresses serious concern over the estimated national undernourishment rate of 42 percent, with undernourishment rates in hill and mountain areas as high as 50 percent. Stunting rates in children are estimated to be as high as 60 percent in the Mid- and Far-Western Regions, and acute malnutrition rates of children at nearly 18 percent in the Terai.
"This is a really critical time," said Henri Josserand, Chief of the FAO Global Information and Early Warning System. "The process of national reconciliation can only make headway if the whole country shares in improved access to food and markets, lower rates of malnutrition, and a determined risk management strategy for food security."
The report concludes that "the confluence of high population growth, extremely limited scope of expansion of cultivated areas, under-developed irrigation infrastructures, continued high level of dependence on agriculture for livelihood and almost stagnant productivity of crops has resulted in acute risk of nation-wide food insecurity."
The UN report warns that continued high levels of food insecurity could destabilize the peace process, and recommends that immediate efforts be put in place to improve household food security and livelihoods.
Recommendations to address Nepal's food insecurity include a series of short and longer-term projects aimed at improving the availability of irrigation, construction of critical infrastructure, support and strengthening of government agricultural monitoring systems, and immediate food aid for drought and conflict-affected communities. nepalnews.com sd Jul 26 07
Source: NepalNews.com
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