NA meeting: Assembly members ask govt. to announce relief, rehabilitation package

Kathmandu, Oct 1: Lawmakers have drawn government's attention towards the loss of lives and properties caused by flood and landslide at different districts of the country, demanding the government immediately announce relief and rehabilitation package for landslide and flood affected people.  

Speaking in special hour of today's NA meeting, Kiran Babu Shrestha of the Nepali Congress demanded to mobilize all mechanisms of federation, provinces and local levels through integrated emergency mechanism without limiting the problems surfaced across the country along with Gandaki province due to flood and landslide as the matter of general relief.

He urged the government to immediately announce special relief and rehabilitation package for deceased's families, injured, displaced and homeless people as well as immediately bring obstructed road, power supply and telecom services into operation.