SARLAHI: Four persons have been injured when a gas cylinder exploded at Pidari of Haripur municipality-9 in Sarlahi district this morning.
The explosion occurred after a meat shop caught fire.
A house and three shops have been burnt down in the fire, locals said. The fire also damaged a small farmer’s cooperative.
The fire was doused with the help of the police, local people and a fire engine.
DAMAK: Prime Minister KP Oli has said the country will reach its goal of prosperity soon.
Stating that the country is pursuing development at a high speed, he urged one and all to unite in this regard.
Inaugurating a livestock haat bazaar in Damak, Jhapa on Monday, PM Oli said that the government was committed to managing agriculture bazaar.
KATHMANDU: The highest number of casualties has occurred in Feta Rural Municipality alone, taking the latest death toll to 31. A total of 32 people died after an unprecedented windstorm hit Bara and Parsa district on Sunday evening.
A person died in Parsa. Over 500 people sustained injuries in the storm. The condition of most of those injured in the calamity is said to be critical.
According to Trilok Prasad, provincial lawmaker of Bara 1 (A), Feta Rural Municipality is the hardest-hit with where 17 people were killed. However, it is yet to be verified by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
The hospitals in Bara and Parsa districts are chock-a-block with the injured, according to lawmaker and the treatment getting hit due to lack of sufficient number of medical persons.
The provincial government is distributing noodles and biscuits as relief materials to the victims.
KATHMANDU: Speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR) Krishna Bahadur Mahara has urged the government to make rescue and relief works effective in the storm-hit districts of Bara and Parsa.
Issuing a statement today, Mahara expressed sorrow over the loss of life and property in the incident.
Speaker Mahara has urged the government to make every effort to provide necessary treatment to the injured.
Likewise, National Assembly (NA) Chairman Ganesh Prasad Timalsena has urged the government for speedy rescue and relief to the survivors.
He has also asked the government to provide compensation to the families of the deceased.
BHARATPUR: Chitwan District Administration Office is sending a team comprising doctors and health workers to the storm-hit districts of Bara and Parsa.
The Chitwan DAO is sending a 35-member team from Chitwan Medical College alongside medicines, chief district officer Jitendra Basnet said.
“Preparations are underway to dispatch the team,” he said.
Likewise, the DAO Chitwan has also organized a blood donation program in Bharatpur to supply bloods to those injured in the disaster.
KATHMANDU: The injured in the deadly cyclone that hit Bara and Parsa districts are being airlifted to Kathmandu for further treatment in coordination with the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Nepal Army’s Sky Truck has already airlifted six injured to Kathmandu. They are undergoing treatment at Bir Hospital and TU Teaching Hospital.
The government has intensified rescue operations for the disaster-hit victims. Meanwhile, Province 2 government has decided to bear treatment expenses of the injured.
KATHMANDU: Former King Gyanendra Shah has expressed deep sorrow over the deaths and propriety damages caused by the deadly cyclone that ripped through Bara district of Province 2 on Sunday evening.
“I am deeply shocked by the windstorm that lashed out at Bara and Parsad districts on Sunday evening, causing deaths and damages of properties,” said Gyanendra Shah, adding, “I would like to express condole the deaths and wish speedy recovery of those who sustained critical injuries in the incident.”
A deadly tornado ripped through Bhaluhi, Bharbaliya, Feta, Chainpur and Dharmapur areas of Bara district yesterday evening, the worst cyclone in history that killed 32 people and injured over 500 people.
Meanwhile, an emergency cabinet meeting of Province 2 held this morning decided to provide Rs 300,000 in relief to each family of the deceased and formed a five-member high level rescue and relief committee in response to the disaster.
Prime KP Oli has left for the disaster-hit areas to take stock of the life and property damages, according to his aide Chetan Adhikari.
KATHMANDU: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has left for Province 2 to take stock of the disaster-hit Bara and Parsa districts.
A deadly cyclone struck Bara and Parsa on Sunday evening, leaving 32 people dead and over 500 critically injured.
Prime Minister Oli, who had gone to attend programs in Jhapa and Morang districts organized by Nepal Communist Party, has left for Province 2. According to his aide Chetan Adhikari, Oli left for the incident site in a helicopter from Chandragadi airport.
A cabinet meeting of the Province 2 held this morning announced Rs 300,000 in relief to each family of the deceased.
Meanwhile, the government has formed a five-member high-level committee led by Minister for Internal Affairs and Law Gyanendra Sah to for relief and rescue purposes.
KATHMANDU: Land mafias have captured as many as 230 bighas of land belonging to the Nepal government in Srilanka Tappu (island) in Sunsari district.
They have captured a huge amount of land in cahoots with the government officials along the course of the Sapta Koshi river in Barahakshetra Municipality-6. According a report in Kantipur daily, the land mafias tilled the land from March 27 to 30.
They threatened the locals when they protested the move with the help of police personnel.
BIRGUNJ: The death toll from storms that broke in Bara and Parsa in Province 2 on Sunday evening has reached 32.
Several died in Harbadiya of Parsa, and in different locations of Bara, district police said. Several places of the districts bore the brunt of the storms.
Most of the deaths have been caused due to falling of the tress, electric posts, and house and wall collapse, police said.
More than 400 have been injured in various locations of the two districts, according to the police. They are undergoing treatment at the local medical centers as well as the Narayan Sub-regional Hospital.
Several houses have been damaged while a significant amount of property has been destroyed due to the windstorm.
Locals, police and army personnel are involved in rescue operations.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister KP Oli in a tweet expressed sorrow over the deaths.