National Assembly forms special committee to study disasters in Bhotekoshi and Kaligandaki corridors

KATHMANDU: The National Assembly has formed a nine-member parliamentary special committee to study disaster risks, damage and rehabilitation in the Bhotekoshi and Kaligandaki corridors.

At Thursday’s National Assembly meeting, Chairperson Narayan Prasad Dahal announced the formation of the ‘Parliamentary Special Committee for Study and Monitoring of Disasters in the Bhotekoshi and Kaligandaki Corridors’.

The committee members are Krishna Prasad Poudel, Geeta Devkota, Ghanshyam Rijal, Shrikrishna Prasad Adhikari, Samjhana Devkota, Somanath Portel, Pooja Chaudhary and Tul Prasad Bishwakarma. One additional member will be appointed later.

The committee will study and review disaster risk reduction preparedness, loss of life and property, the search for missing and affected people, rescue, relief and compensation, treatment of the injured, management of bodies and the status of rehabilitation in the Bhotekoshi and Kaligandaki corridors.