Deaths, displacement up as deluge hits life

SUNSARI, Sept 1 - Five displaced persons of the Saptokoshi flooding, including an Indian national, died of diarrhea in Koshi Barrage camp in the course of past 24 hours. Tejan Sada, 56, and Ramba Sada, 6, of Shripur died on Saturday evening, police said. They were receiving treatment ...

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BIRATNAGAR - Some 7,000 livestock were killed and 78,000 others affected in aftermath of the Saptakoshi embankment breach in Sunsari and Saptari districts. According to the director at Regional Veterinary Service Directorate Biratnagar, Shibendra Kumar Singh, 6,799 livestock were killed at flood-hit Kusaha, Laukahi, Hariharpur and Shripur VDCs in Sunsari due to the flood. "The livestock died in such a huge number as we could not rescue them and provide the relief to other affected ones," he said.

People increasing in camps for displaced

SUNSARI - About 1,000 Saptakoshi flood victims came at various 29 displaced camps here in the district on Sunday alone. With this, the official data of the displaced people who are taking shelter at various camps in the district reaches approximately 28,000. Chief District Officer, Durga Bhandari, admitted that the number of displaced persons increased day by day.

relief materials and manage for the shelter. Sources said that the administration started its works to provide them food, shelter and other necessary services.

27,000 displaced received treatment

DHARAN - District Public Health Office (DPHO) Sunsari said that it had spent about two million rupees on medicines and other health related materials for the treatment of 27,551 displaced persons in the district. Organizing a press meet at Inaruwa on Sunday, the DPHO said that it had the amount while providing free of cost treatment to the flood victims. The DPHO mobilized 130 health workers with the help of BP Koirala Institute of Health Science and other health organizations.

13 VDCs at high risk of flooding

SAPTARI - Flooding Khando river continued eroding Bhim Dam at Topa on Sunday, posing grave threat to the locals of different 13 VDCs in the district. Hundreds of locals living in Topa, Kajauli, Launiya, Koiladi, Komdhepura, Tilathi and other adjoining areas have started to desert the villages fearing the flood. District natural disaster relief committee recently released 8,000 rupees and 25 gabions to control the flood. "It's too meager to control the flood," claimed Safid Rahaman, a local.

Fuel crunch adds woes in flood controlling

SUNSARI - The crunch of petroleum products in the market further adds woes to control the embankment erosion here at West Kusaha. The Indian contractors, who signed the contract of controlling embankment erosion here, said that they could not bring the construction materials due to the lack of diesel. "We planned to send some 30 trucks to bring boulders on Sunday. But we could send only five due to the unavailability of fuel in the market," said contractor Manoj Singh. According to him, they need 500 to 800 liters of diesel every day to run a number of equipment. "I have already requested Chief District Officer over the matter," he added.