Kavrepalanchowk, Oct 28 : Dhilkhel municipality has demanded the government declare it as a 'crisis-hit zone' following a huge loss amounting to Rs 1 billion due to recent floods and landslides.
A delegation of the people's
representatives, including Dhulikhel mayor Ashok Byanju called on Deputy Prime
Minister and Urban Development Minister Prakash Man Singh and Home Minister
Ramesh Lekhak demanding to declare Dhulikhel a 'crisis-hit area'.
The delegation submitted a
memorandum to DPM Singh and Home Minister Lekhak to draw their attention to
declare the municipality a disaster-hit area. In the third week of October, the
federal government had declared 11 out of 13 local governments in Kavre as
crisis-hit zone excluding Dhulikhel and Banepa.
Mayor Byanju shared that he briefed
Deputy Prime Minister Singh and Home Minister Lekhak about the situation in
Dhulikhel and the role to be played by the government for post-disaster
reconstruction and recovery.
According to him, the memorandum
has drawn the government attention for the reconstruction of waste water
treatment centres at Thakurigaun, Vandol and Itol of Dhulikhel.
Byanju further shared the
government's attention has also been drawn to facilitate the loss of Dhulikhel
drinking water, Kavre integrated drinking water, roads, schools and other
structures.
It may be noted that a meeting of
the District Disaster Management Committee held in recently has decided to
declare the entire Kavrepalanchowk as crisis-hit.
According to preliminary data from
the municipal office, 64 houses have been completely damaged and 572 houses
partially damaged.
Meanwhile, Dhulikhel municipality
has demanded the German government to rebuild the Dhulikhel Drinking Water
Project. The municipality made the proposal after meeting German Ambassador to
Nepal Dr Thomas Prinz on Saturday.
It is estimated that Rs 35.1
million will be spent to rebuild the drinking water project, which has been in
operation for nearly three decades.
During the meeting, Ambassador
Prinz pledged to extend all possible support for the reconstruction of drinking
water, mayor Byanju said. (RSS)