One foreign national among 77 killed in Kavre flash floods
A total of 77 people including a foreign national have died and 75 people were injured in the recent flash floods in Kavre.
According to the District Police Office, five people are still missing.
The deceased include 33 women, 28 men, nine minor boys and seven minor girls.
Eighteen people including eight women lost their lives in Panauti Municipality while eight women, three men and one child died in Temal Rural Municipality.
Six women, two men, one boy and three girls died in Roshi Rural Municipality, eight men, three women and one child died in Bethanchowk while seven people including three women died in Mandandeupur.
Meanwhile, Assistant Chief District Officer Subas Paudel said that the search for the missing persons is underway while relief support is being provided to the affected families.
Rain-induced disaster claims 244 lives, 19 missing
The number of people who lost their lives in the recent monsoon-induced disaster has reached 244. Furthermore, 19 are still reported missing in the floods and landslides that occurred in the country last week.
A total of 179 people were injured in the incidents, said Rishiram Tiwari, spokesperson of the Ministry of Home Affairs. In the post-disaster response initiative, 17,174 people have been rescued from the flood and landslides-affected areas so far.
Efforts are underway to mobilize relief support for the survivors and repair the highway and roads that have suffered damages, added Tiwari.
Likewise, after the details of flood survivors are received from the concerned local level, the financial aid for temporary housing will be distributed. Other kinds of support including food ration has been provided to the affected families from the local level itself, he said.
The government has provided financial support of Rs 200,000 to families who have lost a member in the disaster. So far, 160 families have received the assistance provided through the District Disaster Management Fund.
Light rainfall likely in Koshi, Bagmati, Gandaki and Lumbini
The weather today is mainly clear in the hilly parts of the country including Lumbini and Gandaki. A few places in Lumbini and one or two places in the Sudurpaschim are receiving light to moderate rain.
The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology has said that the weather this afternoon will be partly to mostly cloudy across the country. There is a possibility of light to moderate rain with thunder and lightning at some places in Koshi, Bagmati, Gandaki and Lumbini Provinces and one or two places in the remaining provinces.
Tonight, the weather will be mostly clear in the hilly parts of the country with partly to mostly cloudy weather in the rest of the country. There is also a possibility of light to moderate rain with thunder and lightning in some places of Koshi and Gandaki Provinces and one or two places in the rest of the provinces.
For the next 24 hours, the department has forecasted light to moderate rain with thunder and lightning in some places of Koshi, Bagmati, Gandaki and Lumbini Provinces and one or two places in the remaining provinces.
Meteorologist Saroj Pudasaini said the influence of Monsoon winds is present across the country with the low-pressure system formed in Bangladesh and West Bengal of India having a partial effect in the eastern and central parts of the country. The monsoon is, however, gradually fading away.
FNJ to hold its elections on December 13
The national gathering of the provincial and district presidents of the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) concluded in Bode of Madhyapurthimi on Saturday night with a decision to hold the elections for a new executive committee on December 13.
Following the meeting, FNJ general secretary Roshan Puri said the gathering decided to hold the elections for all the three levels of the Federation on December 13. The gathering decided to maintain the membership of the district chapters, where consensus has been reached over the membership dispute, and to accept the list added by the provincial chapters.
Any dispute over the membership will be resolved by forming a committee consisting of one representative each from the center and the province and the concerned chapter president. It has been decided to finalize the membership by the end of mid-November.
The national gathering of provincial and district FNJ presidents was held to address the dispute over the membership.
Former central president Dr Suresh Acharya, Dr Mahendra Bista, Taranath Dahal and other district and provincial presidents participated in the gathering presided over by Acting President Bala Adhikari.
