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Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport, Devendra Dahal, has informed that installation of a Bailey bridge over the Lhende stream has begun in a bid to reopen the Rasuwagadhi border point before Dashain festival.

Minister Dahal said it while talking to media persons after inspecting the road construction along the Galchhi-Trishuli to Mailung-Shyafrubeshi-Rasuwagadhi on Tuesday. 

The Nepal-China border bridge, Miteripul, was washed away by a flash flood that occurred in the Lhende stream on July 8.

"The concerned bodies are mobilized fully to ensure reopening the border point in view of the festivals. Agreement was made that China would extend support to operate the Shyafrubeshi-Rusuwagadhi road section in the Rasuwa side," the Minister added.

The Ministry of Energy, Irrigation and Drinking Water in Madhes Province has made a decision to provide relief to the vulnerable communities including those suffering from the drought.

Officiating secretary at the ministry, Ram Kumar Khanga, held a meeting among development partners and representatives from various sectors on Tuesday and made an 8-point decision for providing the relief to the drought-hit households across the province.

As per the decision, the most vulnerable community and households will be identified immediately and coordination among local levels and the district disaster management committee would be made stronger. Even the capacity of development partners would be assessed in this regard. 

The vulnerable households will be asked to choose one option- installation of either deep boring or shallow tube well. A long-term plan on promotion of alternative agriculture will be prepared with the collaboration among private sector, development partners and government. Chure region conservation and promotion will be further prioritized by the government.

A disaster response action plan to cope up drought will be submitted in a related committee within a week, it was shared.

Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak has appointed Mokhtar Ahmad as Chairman of Nepal Hajj Committee. 

Ahmad is a resident of Kalyanpur Municipality-12 of Siraha district.

The Home Ministry shared the information that the minister-level decision made the appointment on Tuesday. 

The process to appoint members to the Committee is underway, it has been said.

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli inaugurated the extended irrigation, hydropower project and transmission line under the Rani Jamara Kulariya Irrigation Project on Tuesday. 

PM Oli inaugurated the irrigation project with the capacity of irrigating 14,300 hectares of land.  Also brought to operation were the 4.71 MW hydropower project and a transmission line. 

This marks the completion of the project’s second phase and extension into the third one.

Following the completion of the second phase, the electricity generated from an irrigation canal at Katashe of Janaki Rural Municipality-9 in Kailali district has been connected with the 33 KV transmission line. 

The third phase of the project is expected to provide irrigation facilities to Bhajani, Joshipur, Bardagoriya and Ghodaghodi Rural Municipalities in the district while the second phase is catering to the irrigation needs of Tikapur, Lamkichuha and Janaki Rural Municipalities. 

Dubbing the project as one of the historic achievements in the development of Nepal's water resources and rural agriculture sector, the PM was confident that it would illustrate the country's rural life, agricultural production, self-reliance in energy and food security.

The Rani Jamara Kulariya irrigation facility started with the collective effort of local farmers, using traditional skills some 120 years ago, he reminded, attributing the evolution into the present state to the participation of local community and effective government coordination.

On the occasion, PM Oli instructed the concerned authority to expedite the national pride projects, such as Sikta, Babai, Mahakali III, Bheri-Babai and Sunkoshi Marine Multipurpose Projects for their timely completion.