Kathmandu, Aug 3 : The flood-fed Saptakoshi River has eroded human settlements in Belaka municipality-1, 2, 8, and 9 of Udayapur.
Home Minister Balkrishna Khand has
directed all authorities concerned to step up the transfer, rescue, and relief
efforts in the flood-ravaged area after the swollen Saptakoshi river started
eroding human settlements.
As informed the rising water level
of the river has already eroded almost 50 meters of the human settlement.
The Home Ministry sources informed
that the citizens residing in the erosion-prone areas are being shifted to the
secured areas.
Home Minister Khand has also
consulted Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Narayan Khadka about the
rehabilitation of flood-displaced people, their temporary settlement, and relief
arrangement. Minister Khand consulted with Foreign Minister Dr. Khadka as the
latter is also from the river-eroded Udayapur district.
Home Minister Khand directed Home
Secretary Teknarayan Pandey, Chief Executive Officer of National Disaster Risk
Reduction and Management Authority Anil Pokharel, and Udayapur Chief District
Officer Birendra Kumar Yadav, among others to immediately make arrangements for
rescue, relief, and temporary residents in the disaster-affected areas.
The erosion has invariably affected
the residents of Dumikot and Lahurekhonch. As many as 2,400 households are
projected to be affected by the erosion.
Security officials said the river
has also taken away the structures that were constructed to check the erosion
some days ago following the rise in water current.