The Koshi provincial government has announced an immediate relief of Rs 100,000 to the families of people killed in the flood and landslide in various districts of the province. A meeting of the Koshi Province Disaster Management Committee convened on Sunday evening decided to provide Rs 100,000 to the families of those killed in the disaster, Minister for Drinking Water, Irrigation, Energy and Health Til Kumar Menyagbo said. Minister Menyagbo made an on-site observation of the disaster-hit some districts in the province on Sunday.

He said the meeting decided to step up work for the medical treatment of those injured in the disaster, for the reconstruction of the physical infrastructures (houses), for repair and construction of the bridges, roads and highways damaged due to the floods and landslide at the earliest so as to resume traffic.