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Four persons died on the spot while five others sustained injuries when a jeep they were traveling in met with an accident in Shikhar Municipality-6 of Doti along the KI Singh Highway on Sunday.

The jeep (Ga 2 Ha 2776) was heading towards Bajura from Dhangadhi when the incident occurred this morning.

According to the District Police Office, Doti, the four-wheeler fell some 60 meters down the road.

The deceased have been identified as 22-year-old Radhika Malal of Himali Rural Municipality-5, her eight-month-old daughter Prathana, 32-year-old Dhanshova Budha and six-year-old Kabindra Budha, according to Deputy Superintendent of Police Nishant Srivastav of District Police Office, Doti.

Five people injured in the accident are 30-year-old Prakash Budathapa, 23-year-old Khom Bahadur Malal, 24-year-old Dan Bahadur Budha, 21-year-old Bimalal Malal and 21-year-old Raj Bahadur Malal of Himali rural municipality-5.

The injured are undergoing treatment at Shaileshwari Hospital in Dipayal.

Police said that they have detained jeep driver Mahesh Budha for investigation.

The Government of China announced to provide materials worth Rs 100 million to the earthquake-stricken areas, Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Chen Song wrote in Twitter today.

As the first emergency response, the assistance materials include tents and blankets from China South Asian Countries Emergency Supplies Reserve, the Ambassador stated.

All these materials will arrive in a couple of days, it is said.

The earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale with its epicenter in Ramidanda of Barekot Rural Municipality-1 in Jajarkot occurred at 11:47 on Friday night.

So far, a total of 157 people from Jajarkot and Rukum Paschim lost their lives while the number of injured crossed 200.

The government has expressed its commitment to ensure immediate rescue, treatment, relief and rehabilitation to the earthquake survivors.

Issuing a press statement today, spokesperson of the government, Rekha Sharma said Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal himself has already taken proactive initiative for rescue, treatment and relief after reaching the affected areas.

Sharma, also the Minister for Communications and Information Technology, made the commitment not to leave any stone unturned in connection with the rescue, treatment, relief and rehabilitation of the earthquake survivors from the information and communications sector.

Recalling that it is the shared responsibility of all to impart accurate and factual information through mass media and social media at the time of crisis, Minister Sharma extended gratitude to all media workers reporting the natural disaster risking their lives.

The earthquake that occurred on Friday night with its epicenter at Barekot Rural Municipality-1, Ramidanda in Jajarkot has caused huge loss of life and property, stated the press release.

Paying heartfelt tribute to the deceased in the tragic moment, she extended deep condolence to the bereaved families.

The government spokesperson also wished for speedy recovery of the injured.

Minster Sharma also expressed grief over the earthquake-triggered damage to some of the media.

The Ministry has directed its subordinate agencies to deliver service in a routine and patient manner, impart authentic and truthful information and also support in the rescue, treatment and relief operations in the critical time.

Likewise, the Ministry has appealed to the private sector service providers to bear the social responsibility and extend possible support from their end.

Minster Sharma informed that the Nepal Telecommunications Authority in consultation with service providers has reviewed the effects of telecom service due to the earthquake. Minister Sharma further shared that no telecom service has been disrupted in the earthquake-affected areas.

The Ministry has directed the service providers to stay stand-by for service delivery being cautious of possible aftershocks, reads the press release.

Likewise, the Ministry has taken necessary decisions to further activate emergency telecommunications call centers to further ease the delivery of telecom services in the earthquake-ravaged sites.

The state-owned Nepal Telecom Limited has offered free phone call, message and data service for five days at the request of the Ministry with a view to supporting the service delivery to the survivors, rescue workers and general public in the affected areas.

Ncell, the private sector telecom service provider, has also contributed Rs 5 million in the relief fund and offered free call and data amounting up to Rs 4 million.

The death toll in the Jajarkot earthquake reached 157 and the number of injured ones is 197 as per information shared by the Armed Police Force, Nepal.

Deputy Superintendent of Armed Police Force, Nepal Shailendra Thapa said that the death toll reached 105 in Jajarkot and 52 in Rukum Paschim. 

Likewise, a total of 105 people were injured in Jajarkot district while 85 in Rukum Paschim and three each in Baitadi and Dailekh and one in Rolpa.

The injured are being taken to Nepalgunj, Kathmandu and other cities in the Nepal Army helicopters.

It is said that more than 1,500 security personnel have been deployed in the affected areas for the rescue and relief operations. 

The earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale with its epicenter in Ramidanda of Barekot Rural Municipality-1 in Jajarkot hit on Friday night.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal reached the earthquake affected areas along with a medical team and relief materials this morning. He met the injured ones receiving treatment at different hospitals in Jajarkot and Rukum Paschim and enquired about their health condition. 

Similarly, the government has already decided to provide Rs 50m each to quake-hit Jajarkot and Rukum Paschim districts. Prime Minister Dahal has called a cabinet meeting for Sunday morning to take further decisions for the relief of the quake survivors.

The Sudurpaschim Province government has decided to provide Rs 10 million for the earthquake victims of Karnali Province.

An emergency meeting of the province government held on Saturday made the decision to this effect.

Speaking at a press conference after the Cabinet meeting, Chief Minister Kamal Bahadur Shahi said that the province government has decided to provide Rs 10 million to the earthquake victims of Karnali.

Similarly, he said the meeting has also decided to send 20 health workers to the quake affected areas.

The Chief Minister was of the opinion that a team with medicines, health equipment and other relief materials will head towards the affected areas today itself.

The provincial government also expressed condolences to bereaved families and wished for the speedy recovery of the injured.

The Bagmati Province government is to provide Rs 1.5 million assistance for the immediate and effective rescue, treatment, relief and rehabilitation of the earthquake victims.

Issuing a statement on Saturday, Internal Affairs and Law Minister of the Province Ganga Narayan Shrestha also urged the civil society and various non-governmental organizations to provide necessary assistance in the time of disaster.

“In this time of disaster, the Bagmati Province will be with the Karnali Province government. The Bagmati Province government expressed its sadness over the loss of lives and properties due to the earthquake that hit Jajarkot district on Friday night,” reads the statement.

“We expressed our heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families and wished for the speedy recovery of the injured,” according to the statement.  

Nepali Congress has decided to provide Rs 5 million to the government fund for the rescue, relief and rehabilitation of earthquake victims. 

Congress Chief Secretary Kirshna Prasad Paudel said that the party has decided to provide Rs 5 million to the government fund for the rescue, relief and rehabilitation of quake victims in Jajarkot and Rukum West.

“An earthquake measuring 6.4 in the Richter scale that struck Jajarkot district at 11: 47 pm on Friday, leaving hundreds of people dead and injured and destroying property worth millions has left the entire Nepali people sad,” reads a statement issued by the Nepali Congress. “In this time, the Nepali Congress appealed to the government and political parties among others to unite together to face this disaster.”

The Congress has also appealed to all those living in the country and abroad to join the campaign of humanitarian service with an open heart.

The death toll in the earthquake that hit Jajarkot in west Nepal has risen to 144.

Police said that 92 people lost their lives in Jajarkot and 52 in Rukum West, both in Karnali Province.

Deputy Chief of Athbis Municipality Dhan Kumari Shah of Rukum West confirmed the death of 52 people in the district.

Meanwhile, DSP Santosh Roka of the District Police Office, Jajarkot, said that 92 people have been confirmed dead in Jajarkot,

Similarly, the earthquake has also caused a huge damage in both the districts.

Province Police Office spokesperson Gopal Chandra Bhattarai said that a joint team of Nepal Police, Nepal Army and Armed Police Force has been deployed to clear the roads blocked by landslides triggered by the earthquake and to carry out rescue operations.

An earthquake measuring 6.4 in the Richter scale occurred at 11:47 pm on Friday, with Ramidanda of Jajarkot as the epicenter.

Jajarkot is around 500 km west of Kathmandu.