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With the onset of monsoon since June 14, the water-induced disaster has so far affected 50 districts of the country.

According to the Home Ministry, as many as 41 people have so far died and 31 disappeared in the monsoon-induced disaster, including floods and landslides.

Home Ministry's Disaster and Conflict Management Division Chief, Joint-Secretary Mahadev Pantha, said that at least 55 people were injured in the incidents of natural calamities in the districts.

According to him, loss of lives has been reported in 20 out of 50 disaster-hit districts. Those losing lives are from 20 districts.

Likewise, people from six districts, including Sankhuwasabha, Taplejung, Panchthar, Dolakha, Makawanpur and Mahottari, went missing in the water-related disaster, Panthi said.

As per the data provided by the Ministry, 55 people from 28 districts have sustained injuries.

In the incidents, a total of 130 houses were completely damaged while 193 houses partially

A huge loss of lives and properties was reported in the eastern districts of Nepal, including Panchthar, Sankhuwasabha and Taplejung.

The incidents of intermittent downpours during the monsoon triggered floods and landslides in different districts. Some districts have yet to witness rainfall in the monsoon.

The Madhes Province government on Wednesday decided to provide Rs 1 million to carry out relief and rescue operations in eight districts of the province.

A meeting of the Province Disaster Management Executive Committee presided over by Province Minister for Home, Communications and Law Mohammad Samim decided to provide the money to distribute relief to the flood survivors.

Minister Samim said that the province took the decision to immediately send the relief amount to the district administration office in all eight districts to purchase relief and rescue materials.

"There is a problem of flooding and inundation in all eight districts of the province. Keeping this in mind, a decision has been made to immediately provide the relief amount to the disaster management committees headed by chief district officers,” he said.

"Besides, the provincial mechanism has also decided to collect and distribute relief through one door system", Minister Samim shared.

The meeting also discussed the measures to make relief and rescue works effective and establish good coordination among security agencies and stakeholders.

The incessant rain for the past couple of days has affected normal life in Madhes. 

Police have recovered six home-made guns in Baglung.

A team deployed from the Hatiya Police Post seized five home-made guns while another team from the Narethanti Police Post recovered one on Wednesday.

Information Officer at the District Police Office, DSP Madan KC said that a patrol police team recovered a gun from Janaekata Community Forest at Galkot Municipality-1 and five unaccounted guns in a den at Bhagawatisthan-3.

Police said that they are looking into the case.

Saraswoti Nepali, who has been pitching for the rights of the marginalized communities in Nepal, has received the United States Department of State's 'Global Anti-Racism Champions Award (GARC)' for this year.

The Kathmandu-based US Embassy said that the award has been conferred on Nepali as the Chairperson of Dalit Samaj Bikas Munch in recognition of her more than two-decade advocacy for the human rights of excluded groups, poor and people with disability in Nepal.

It has been learnt that many Dalit families of rural western districts of Nepal have obtained legal right over the land ownership as a result of her efforts.

Chairperson Nepali has won several cases against the caste-based discrimination in the pursuit of justice.

Her contribution to the campaign of dignity and equality is an epitome of courage and dedication.