KATHMANDU: Seven persons among hundreds injured by the windstorm in Bara and Parsa district on Sunday night are undergoing treatment in Kathmandu.
They were airlifted by a skytruk of Nepal Army and were admitted to the Maharajgunj-based Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH).
Those receiving treatment at the hospital are Sabina Khatun of Parsa, Geetadevi Patel, Mahamad Miya, Munaf Ansari, Krichan Patel, Suresh Patel and Aman Patel of Bara.
Among the injured, condition of Geetadevi is said to be serious. Doctors informed Khabarhub that preparations were underway to perform a surgery on her.
Meanwhile, Minister for Education, Science and Technology Girirajmani Pokharel reached the hospital and took stock of the heath condition of the injured. He also directed the doctors attending to the injured to provide all necessary treatment to the injured.
At least 32 persons were killed when windstorm hit Bara and Parsa districts.
KATHMANDU: The Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has urged the government to carry out additional rescue, relief and compensation measures to the survivors of last night’s rainstorm in Bara and Parsa, and ensure medical treatment of those injured.
Issuing a statement here today, Party Chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal and General Secretary Bishnu Poudel have also expressed heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family while wishing for speedy recovery of those injured.
In the statement, the party has also praised the promptness shown by the government in rescue works that avoided additional human casualty.
Meanwhile, according to central member of the party, Nagendra Chaudhary, five of the injured have been brought to Kathmandu for medical treatment.
Prime Minister and Party Chairman KP Sharma Oli and ministers are going to the affected districts later today to take onsite information about the situation there, said the PM’s public relations advisor Achyut Mainali.
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.
KATHMANDU: Twenty-five among those killed in cyclone-hit disaster in Bara and Parsa districts have been identified.
According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, the deceased are as follows:
1. Hari Narayan Das
2. Manoram Devi
3. Runi Devi
4. Akshya Lal Majhi
5. Nanda Patel
6. Rubi Khatun
7. Gandhima Devi
8. Hit Lal Sahani
9. Bibima Khatun
10. Mustakima Khatun
11. Mina Khatun
12. Noksara Miya
13. Ram Majhi
14. Surajha Majhi
15. Rakesh Mukhiya
16. Abadhesa Paswan
17. Radhe Lodhi
18. Tarifa Khatun
19. Alisha Khatun
20. Sakiya Khatun
21. Samsidha Khatun
22. Koiri Devi
23. Shi Prasad Yadav
24. Sabanam Khatun
25. Saroj Ram
However, the local administration said that 32 have been killed. Four among those killed are Indian nationals.
The unprecedented violent storm struck Bara and Parsa districts yesterday evening, leaving 32 people dead and over 500 injured. Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has left for the incident site to take stock of the storm-induced mayhem and expressed deep sorrow over the victims.
An emergency cabinet meeting of the 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 relief and rescue committee led by Minister for Internal Affairs and Law Gyanendra Sah in response to the calamity.
Chief Minister Lal Babu Raut inspected the disaster-hit sites and expressed deep sorrow over the deaths and property damages.
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.