An earthquake occurred at 12.58pm today in Bajura. The epicentre of the tremor measuring 4 on the Richter scale is located at Raya of Himali rural municipality, the Earthquake Measurement Centre, Surkhet said.
President Ramchandra Paudel requested the people’s representatives to work by making short-term and long-term for the earthquake victims in a way that denizens feel the essence of the responsible democratic government.
President Ramchandra Paudel has reached in the earthquake-affected areas. He is taking stock of the condition of the injured by reaching the Jajarkot District Hospital.
Chairman of IME Group and the Global IME Bank, Chandra Prasad Dhakal today handed a cheque for Rs 15 million to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda'.
A team of expert doctors was sent by the government of Sudurpashchim Province to treat the injured of the devastating earthquake, whose epicentre was in Jajarkot, has returned before reaching the earthquake-affected area.
Fourteen school buildings have been completely damaged by the earthquake in Bheri Municipality. Similarly, 78 school buildings have been partially damaged due to the tremor that struck Jajarkot on November 3, the Municipality's data shows.
Lalsari Budhathoki of Thaple, Bheri Municipality-3, Jajarkot, lost her husband two years ago and was recovering from the early demise of her son just a year ago. Just when she was recovering from the death of her dear ones, tragedy struck her in the third year as a form of earthquake. The house of Budhathoki was completely damaged in the earthquake that hit Jajarkot on Friday night.
The road through the Jajarkot district headquarters is dotted with green tarpaulin tents. These makeshift tents put up by the Armed Police Force (APF) Nepal have been providing shelter to the locals who are living under the open sky after their homes were damaged by the earthquake on November 3.
In response to the recent earthquake in Jajarkot and Rukum West, the Nepali Congress (NC) has contributed Rs 5 million to the Prime Minister's Disaster Relief Fund to aid survivors.
The partial impact of westerly wind will cause brief rainfall and snowfall in some areas of high hills and mountains for three days.
Nepali Congress leader Sapana Rajbhandari has said all political powers should have common understanding on nationality and national interest. She expressed worry over contradictory views of political parties.
Those killed in a taxi accident were Hom Bahadur Pun, 28, from Pakhute, of Dhorpatan-2, and Ashwin Pariyar, 32, from Chhisphant of Badigad-6 in the district.
President Ramchandra Paudel is leaving for earthquake hit districts, Jajarkot and Rukum Paschim, today.
Chief Minister Raj Kumar Sharma is currently in his home district Rukum, while Minister for Economic Affairs and Planning, Bedraj Singh in Jajarkot.
Chief Minister of Bagmati Province, Shalikram Jammakattel, has said the periodic plan should align the spirit of constitution in order to achieve sustainable development goals. The plan needs to incorporate the issues from all three tiers of government, he stressed.