Almost a year after flash floods in the Seti River in Kaski had resulted in the death of 31 people and left dozens missing, their families rue that the government has forgotten their plight.
Though 28 bodies missing in the May 5 flood of last year were recovered, 30 people are still missing. Families of those missing complain that the government has not provided any compensation to them. “The government offered compensation to the families of the deceased, but is yet to address our concerns,” they bemoan.
Nepal Red Cross Society, Kaski senior officer Khemraj Sapkota said the goverrment’s negligency was unfortunate. “If there is no law, the government has to formulate one,” he added.
Ramji Koirala of the District Administration Office, Kaski, however, said the District Disaster Rescue Committee had sent the accounts of missing people to home ministry, but is yet to receive any respons. According to him, the Disaster Rescue Committee had provided Rs 25,000 each to families of the deceased as final rites expenditure and Rs 1 lakh as compensation, but government had not offered any financial assistance to the families of those gone missing during the flood.
On its part, Radio Annapurna had granted Rs 25,000 each to the families of missing people. Dipendra Shrestha, CEO, Radio Annapurna, said his office had collected a relief of around Rs 4.4 million for flood victims through the relief fund opened in the wake of flood.
Saturday 13 April 2013
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