Thursday, August 31, 2006

Flood victims waiting for relief material

Flood and landslide hit people of mid and far western regions are waiting for the relief materials as diseases have struck the stranded starving people of Banke.
Most affected are the children and the aged from Simrana Khadaicha, Chhitaipurawa, Chauferi in Holiya VDC of Banke district. They are suffering from cholera, pneumonia, typhoid and common flu.
People lament that no health team has so far visited the affected areas. More than 100 persons are suffering from diarrhea and fever in Holiya’s Chauferi, said Ramdin Yadav, one of the flood victims .
Of the 500 persons who were air-lifted from Holiya’s Semarhana to Uchuwa in Jhora forests, more than 200 have fallen ill. Of them 150 are children, who have fever, cholera and conjunctivitis.
Reports quoted assistant Chief District Officer Narendra Prasad Sharma as saying that the authorities were aware that the flood-hit people were falling ill and necessary medical treatment was underway.
More than 500 houses in Banke district have been completely damaged due to the flood.
The relief material, including food grains and clothes meant for flood victims of Khaptad and Devisthan, has been stuck in Achham’s Sanfebagar airport as the helicopter could not take off due to bad weather.
The food grains and clothes were collected at the initiative of Sanfebagar management committee on Wednesday.
The relief operation has been hit by torrential rain, said Commander of Nepal Army’s Badimalika Battalion, Srikanta Koirala.
More than 25 thousand people from Banke and Bardiya districts have been displaced due to floods triggered by torrential down pours.
Meanwhile a press statement issued by the Directorate of Public Relations of Nepal Army said the army rescued four people from Simail Tank area of the Dashrathchand municipality of Baitadi district and sent them to Baitadi district hospital for treatment.
The release further said that the army carried out rescue operations in Bardiya, Chitwan and Accham District.
The statement further said that the acting Chief of the Army Staff, General Rukmangad Katawal has directed all units of Nepal army to actively assist the local administration in carrying out rescue operations.
Katawal also asked the army personnel to work in coordination with the local people, civil servants and effectively utilize the resources.

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