KATHMANDU: Meteorologists have said the devastating cyclone that lashed at Bara and Parsa of Province 2 on Sunday evening had been caused by local and westerly winds.

“The unprecedented deadly gale that caused a huge loss of lives and property ran at the speed of 45 to 55 kilometers per hour. It occurred beyond prediction,” said Meteorological Forecasting Division, Kathmandu.

According to Sarju Kumar Baidhya, Director General of the Division, it was caused by the local and westerly winds. Even though it cannot be exactly said at what speed the gale ran but it can be guessed that the speed was of around 45 to 55 kilometers per hour.

He further said that the destructive wind started in Pokhara before it entered into Bara via Chitwan.

At least 27 people died and over 500 sustained critical injuries in the cyclone in Bara and Parsa.

KATHMANDU: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), the central bank of Nepal, has incinerated Nepali bank notes worth Rs 476,091,900,000 so far. The NRB destroyed the bank notes which had been already tattered, soiled and damaged.

According to NRB, it destroyed Rs 58,281,997,333 bank notes as of April 1 in the ongoing fiscal year 2018/19. Similarly, in the fiscal year 2017/18, it destroyed bank notes worth Rs 40,5770338 while Rs 25,754,210,495 were incinerated in the fiscal year 2016/17.

Likewise, in the fiscal year 2015/16, the bank destroyed Rs 26,277,843,000 old, tattered, soiled and damaged notes.

NRB destroys such kinds of old, tattered, soiled and damaged notes so as not to let them come into use.

BHAKTAPUR: The National Examinations Board (NEB) is to run the Secondary Education Examination (SEE) in State 2, which was postponed after question paper leak, from April 5.

A meeting of the board held on Monday decided to run the exam from April 5- 12, according to Member Secretary Durga Aryal.

On March 29, the Ministry of Education had directed NEB to postpone the exams following leakage of question papers.

Aryal said that the exam of Science and Social Studies, whose question papers were leaked, has been rescheduled on April 5 and April 6 respectively.

KATHMANDU: President Bidya Devi Bhandari has appointed resident ambassador to Canada on the recommendation of the Council of Ministers.

Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bhrigu Dhungana was appointed as the as the ambassador to Canada.

The appointment was made in accordance with the Article 282 (1) of the Constitution of Nepal.

KATHMANDU: Lawmakers of House of Representatives and National Assembly representing the Nepali Congress will be donating their two days salary to the windstorm victims.

A Parliamentary Party meeting of the party held today took decision to that end, according to Chief Whip Balkrishna Khand.

At least 32 persons were killed and some 500 were injured after windstorm hit Bara and Parsa districts on Saturday night.

The windstorm gushed in, took away at least 27 lives injuring more than 400 in Bara and Parsa districts on Sunday night. It was only a two-minute-affair that claimed the lives of a few dozens.

KATHMANDU: Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal has expressed deep sorrow over the loss of lives and property caused by the deadly cyclone that hit Bara and Parsa on Sunday evening.

“I would like to express my heart-felt condolence over the death of those killed in the Bara cyclone and similar grief with the families of the deceased,” said Dahal in a statement issued by his secretariat.

Meanwhile, Former Minister Dahal urged the government to provide due compensation to the families of the deceased and free treatment to those injured.

As many as 32 people perished and over 500 sustained injuries in the unprecedented cyclone.

KATHMANDU: Bara district has been in a state of great shock after 32 people perished in a cyclone that lashed at Bara and Parsa districts on Sunday evening.

Home Ministry has identified 25 people among those killed in the calamity. Feta Rural Municipality is the hardest-hit where as many as 17 people were killed.

Prime Minister KP Oli reached the incident sites to take stock of the casualties and damages induced by the unprecedented windstorm.

Over 500 people sustained injuries in the deadly storm. Seven among those injured have been airlifted to Kathmandu for the treatment. They are undergoing treatment at TU Teaching Hospital.

According to Mahendra Prasad Shrestha, spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and Population, the condition of two among those airlifted to Kathmandu is critical.

An emergency cabinet meeting of Province 2 decided to provide Rs 300,000 to each family of the deceased and has formed a five-member high level rescue and relief committee in response to the deadly disaster.

BHADRAPUR: Cutting short visit to Jhapa and Morang districts, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has left for the storm-hit Bara and Parsa district on Monday afternoon. Prime Minister Oli boarded a Nepali Army helicopter from the Chandragadhi airport of Jhapa earlier today.

The Prime Minister has been accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Upendra Yadav and Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa.