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The government has decided to make the national identity card mandatory for receiving the social security allowance.

It will be effective in 28 districts with effect from July 16 as per the recent Cabinet decision.

With this decision, the district administration offices are thronged by those in need of the ID card.

Director General at National ID Card and Registration Department, Yubraj Kattel, shared that the scheme would be enforced from July 16 even for the renewal of social security schemes in 28 districts.

The concerned district administration offices were mobilizing additional resources at local levels for the distribution of national ID cards, he added.

The districts implementing this provision are- Jhapa, Rautahat, Rupandehi, Morang, Sarlahi, Kapilvastu, Sunsari, Kathmandu, Dang, Udayapur, Bhaktapur, Banke, Saptari, Lalitpur, Bardiya, Siraha, Sindhuli, Surkhet, Dhanusha, Makwanpur, Kailali, Mahottari, Chitwan, Kanchanpur, Bara, Kaski, Parsa, and Tanahu.

The Department has launched the distribution of national ID cards since the past four years in 73 districts.

On Wednesday, the Department however issued a notice, informing that the people above 90 years and those living with disabilities need not produce national ID cards while receiving social security allowance.

The Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Nepal Police arrested one more person in connection with the Hyper Fund scam.

According to CIB Spokesperson and Information Officer, Superintendent of Police, Hobindra Bogati, Srikant Bhandari was apprehended from Rukum on Wednesday.

Earlier, the CIB had nabbed Nanu Ghimire aka Kajal from Lalitpur for her alleged involvement in duping Nepalis in the scam.

So far, police have received complaints from 56 people of fraud over Rs 79.5 million to the scam.

The CIB said that it has been preparing to issue a red corner notice through Interpol against those against whom complaints have been filed by the alleged victims.

CIB has appealed to those being subjected to the scam to register a complaint at the CIB.

It has also provided an online space for the registration of the complaint.

One can visit the official website of CIB https://cib.nepalpolice.gov.np and lodge a complaint via the Gmail ID ([email protected] or [email protected] )that is featured on its site.

Three houses were swept away by a landslide last night, leaving one injured at Kokti Village, Angla of Khandbari municipality-11 in Sankhuwasabha. 

According to the District Police Office officiating chief police inspector, Ram Kumar Lamichhane, the landslide swept away the houses of Mani Prasad Rai, Ram Prasad Rai, and Dil Bahadur Rai. Mani Prasad has been injured in the incident.

Being displaced by the disaster, they and their families are taking refuge in neighbors' homes. Nine families in various parts of the district have been displaced by the landslide.

At Shekha of Khandbari-4, four families were displaced due to the landslide, according to Ward Chair Binod Subba.

Similarly, five houses are at high risk from the monsoon-induced disasters at Chichila Rural Municipality-1 and 2. Lamichhane said that they are collecting details of the losses caused by the landslide in the district.  

The landslide also damaged the North-South Koshi Roadway Project. It damaged a four-kilometer segment of the road along the Khandbari-Kimathanka section which was about to be blacktopped.  

Furthermore, the flash flood triggered by incessant rain has damaged the local road in Num, Makalu Rural Municipality, disrupting traffic.

The estimated loss from this damage is around Rs 10 million, as reported by the Road Office.

A Nepali succumbed to altitude sickness at Ngisyang Rural Municipality-9 in Manang on Wednesday.

The deceased has been identified as Hari Adhikari from Phulkharka of Ganga Jamuna Rural Municipality-5 in Dhading.

He suffered altitude sickness at an altitude of 5,416 meters on Thoranga Pass trekking route at Ngisyang.

Adhikari died on the spot, according to Manang's Chief District Officer, Subas Kumar Lamichhane. 

The body has been transported to Kathmandu via a helicopter.