CM Jammakattel instructs to operate godowns for early preparedness for DRR

Bagmati Province Chief Minister Shalikram Jammakattel instructed the concerned authorities to bring into operation the godown houses in connection with early preparedness for disaster risk reduction (DRR).

The CM instructed to keep godown houses in Makawanpur, Nuwakot and Kavrepalanchowk districts in ready position to store relief and rescue materials as a part of early preparedness for DRR.

In a meeting of the Province Disaster Management Council here today, CM Jammakattel shared that the fund for disaster management would be transferred to the local level by formulating procedures.

CM Jammakattel directed that early preparedness related works be initiated in the local levels at high risks of disasters.

It is estimated that over 97,000 people of 22,000 households in the Province would be affected by the monsoon-induced disasters such as landslide, flood and soil erosion among others this monsoon.

Among the 13 districts in the Province, Makawanpur, Sindhuli, Sindhupalchowk, Chitwan, Kathmandu, Rasuwa, Kavrepalanchow and Ramechhap are hardest hit by flood and landslide, according to the statistics maintained by the National Disasters Risk Reduction and Management Authority.

In the last year’s monsoon, 13 massive floods were recorded in the Province where 2 people died and 9 houses were completely damaged. Most of the cases of flood were reported in Bhaktapur last year, it was shared.

Similarly, in the past 10 years, 243 cases of flood were reported in the Province where 96 people died, 39 were injured and 58 were missing.

The meeting was attended by the provincial ministers, secretaries and stakeholders among others, shared Ganga Narayan Shrestha, Minister for Internal Affairs and Law and Spokesperson of the Bagmati Province.