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Flood-hit local governments seek urgent supplies, power and infrastructure repairs

From Kathmandu Post · () English

Translated from English and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Fifteen local government units affected by Bhotekoshi flooding in Nepal need emergency assistance, including food, medicine, power equipment and transport links.
  • Officials in Rasuwa said roads and power networks were destroyed, supplies were inadequate, and hundreds of residents remained unaccounted for.
  • Local authorities appealed to provincial and federal governments to restore access and provide targeted relief.

Kaisang Nurpu Tamang is trying to coordinate flood relief in Nepal’s Rasuwa district while seven of his relatives remain missing. His municipality’s vice-chair and two ward chairs are also unaccounted for.

Gosaikunda Rural Municipality is among the areas worst affected by last Wednesday’s flooding in the Bhotekoshi river. Roads to Kathmandu have been severed, the power grid and mobile networks are down, and relief supplies have not met local needs.

I am trying to serve our people while carrying this overwhelming grief.

— Kaisang Nurpu TamangThe Gosaikunda chair described balancing public duties with the disappearance of relatives and local officials.

“I am trying to serve our people while carrying this overwhelming grief,” said Kaisang. He said the municipality urgently needed rice, cooking oil, lentils and cooking gas. Solar panels, he added, would help restore lighting and keep emergency communications operating.

No fresh provisions have reached us from outside.

— Kaisang Nurpu TamangHe described shortages after roads linking the municipality to Kathmandu were cut.

Officials estimate that more than 1,000 residents in Gosaikunda are out of contact, while nearly 5,000 people across the municipality need assistance. Some displaced residents have been airlifted to temporary shelters, including Yellow Gumba in Kathmandu.

Neighbouring Uttargaya Rural Municipality also reported heavy damage. More than half of its population of 8,500 has been affected, and more than 600 people remain unaccounted for. Officials said food shipments were arriving slowly, but about 700 displaced families still needed warm clothing, solar units, batteries, medicines and psychosocial counselling. Other affected municipalities requested medical supplies, all-terrain ambulances and repairs to vital transport routes.

Basic food shipments are slowly arriving, but around 700 displaced families urgently need warm clothing.

— Chameli GurungThe Uttargaya vice-chair outlined immediate needs among displaced residents.
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Originally published by Kathmandu Post in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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