14 October, Myagdi. It has been recommended to declare Myagdi, affected by floods and landslides, as a disaster-prone district.
The meeting held on Tuesday of the District Disaster Management Committee decided to recommend declaring the district a disaster-prone district.
Chief District Officer Ganesh Gayre informed that it has been recommended to the Ministry of Home Affairs to prioritize reconstruction and rehabilitation work by declaring the district as a disaster-prone district. The floods and landslides after the continuous rainfall from October 8th to 11th have caused great loss of human wealth in the district.
Seven people died in the disaster. Similarly, two people have gone missing. He said that Myagdi has been recommended to be declared a disaster-prone district due to major damage to physical structures such as roads, electricity, irrigation, drinking water, and buildings.
Similarly, since Tuesday, a team of local people's representatives, employees and security personnel have been mobilized to collect the details of the damage caused to physical structures, private residences, agriculture and livestock areas by the flood and landslides in Myagdi.
Assistant Chief District Officer Kul Prasad Acharya informed that along with rescue and relief, the collection of damage details has started in all the six municipalities.
According to him, according to the information received so far, 23 houses in Beni Municipality, three in Raghuganga, 18 in Mangala, one in Malika, two in Annapurna and one in Dhawalagiri have been completely damaged by the flood. Nine houses in Beni Municipality and one house in Malika Rural Municipality have been partially damaged.
23 houses in Beni, 47 in Raghuganga, four in Mangala, three in Malika and 23 in Dhavlagiri are at risk. 21 in Beni, 26 in Raghuganga, eight in Mangala, one cowshed in Annapurna and 20 livestock losses have been collected across the district.
109 people from Annapurna Rural Municipality-5 Paudwar, Giwang, Nepane, Kindu, Dhoskekhor, Ghirwang, who were trapped after the landslide surrounded the village, were rescued by helicopter and kept in a temporary camp at Sikh and Ghar.
After the disaster, 70 Nepali Army, 251 Nepal Police and 60 Armed Police Force security personnel have been mobilized in the rescue operation. Due to floods and landslides, all the roads connecting Myagdi's headquarters Beni to other districts and rural areas are blocked.
Electricity and communication services have been disrupted in areas other than the headquarters. There has been a shortage of drinking water in Beni, the district headquarters.
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