The government has decided to provide Rs 50 million each to quake-hit Jajarkot and Rukum Paschim districts. The amount would be ensured through the central relief management fund.
PM Prachanda visited Chaurjahari Hospital, Sanibheri Gaupalika Hospital, district hospital in Salle, and Aathbiskoth City Hospital in Rukum Paschim.
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ said that there will be no lack of rescue and treatment while inquiring about the health condition of the injured at the hospital following on-site monitoring of earthquake-affected areas in Rukum (West).
President Ramchandra Paudel has urged the government to speed up the works on rescue and relief to earthquake survivors and treatment of the injured ones.
he government has activated the Emergency Telecommunication Cluster (ETC) in the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology to manage the information and communication system of the earthquake-affected areas.
The death toll in the Jajarkot earthquake has reached 137. The facilities combine the numbers from the Jajarkot and Rukum Paschim districts which were hit hard by the earthquake.
Emergency Telecommunication Cluster (ETC) of the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology has been put in alert by the goverment.
Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) said that the supply of electricity has been restored in all areas of Jajarkot and Rukum West except in areas where houses have collapsed from the earthquake.
The death toll in the Jajarkot earthquake has reached 133. The fatalities are from Jajarkot and Rukum Paschim districts combined.
One injured from the earthquake, whose epicentre was in Jajarkot, has succumbed to his illness at the Bheri Hospital.
The government has made arrangements for free phone calls and SMS of Nepal Telecom in earthquake-affected areas of Jajarkot and Rukum West.
Minister of Koshi Province Ram Bahadur Rana Magar has resigned from his post.
Seven quake-injured people have been brought to Bheri Hospital, Nepalgunj from Jajarkot. Chief District Officer of Banke, Shravan Kumar Pokhrel, shared the information that the injured people were brought to Nepalgunj early morning- 3 AM.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed deep sadness over the loss of lives and property due to the earthquake in western Nepal.
The Karnali Province government has been engaging in the rescue of those injured in the earthquake that occurred last night.