Flood survivors at Gaidakot provided assistance

Nawalpur, Oct 11: The flood survivors of Gaidakot-2 of Nawalparasi have been distributed food stuffs.     

The District Disaster Management Committee, Nawalpur, and the FNCCI Gandaki Province jointly contributed the assistance to 130 households which were badly affected by the flood. They received the assistance on Friday morningThe inundation was triggered by the flooded Narayani River in the wake of nonstop rainfall occurred on September 27-28.     

Gandaki Province Chair for FNCCI, Amrit Bhattachan, informed that the people affected by the flood and inundation were distributed food stuffs so that they could also celebrate Dashain festival with essentials.     

Each household got eight kg of rice, two kg of pulse, one litre of cooking oil and seven packets of chowchow.     

The assistance cost Rs 400 thousand. The food items were managed by Jay Shree Foods Pvt and the representatives of the Non-Resident Nepali Association.     

Meanwhile, Chief District Officer in Nawalparasi Purba, Arun Pokharel, admitted that distribution of relief material was delayed to the Gaidakot flood survivors due to delayed information sharing on it. "We got the information so late, while other victims were already provided the relief materials," he added.     

CDO Pokhrel further shared the flood victims were reported to have lost the important documents, so he would ensure facilitation to acquire the new documents again.(RSS)