Mahottari, April 25 : As many as 150
fire affected families of Muslim settlement in Matihani-6 are awaiting relief.
They are surviving a helpless state of life in absence of immediate
relief.
The families had gone through a
painful situation after a fire gutted 104 houses in their settlement on
Wednesday.
The fire spread from the house of
Maimun Khatun lately turned 104 houses of Jhurmutta settlement into ashes.
The victim families have voiced
their complaints for not receiving any aid while the District Administration
Office said efforts were underway to collect and distribute relief materials to
the victims.
Chief District Officer Shivaram
Gelal, also the chairperson of the District Disaster Management Committee, has
appealed for help.
The emergency executive meeting of
Matihani municipality has decided to immediately provide ready-to-eat food,
grains and tarpaulin to the affected families.
At present, the people's
representatives, including the mayor, and the employees of the office are
engaged in distributing relief materials. Nepal Red Cross Society Mahottari
branch has provided utensils to the affected families.
President of Mahottari Red Cross
Branch, Dipak Mishra, said they have engaged their efforts for extending support
to the fire victim families.