Monitoring Committee's direction to government

The Parliament's National Disaster Management and Monitoring Committee has directed the government to form an all-party mechanism for arrangement of a non-discriminatory and effective distribution of relief to earthquake victims. The meeting of the Committee held today at Singha Durbar has directed the government to form all-party mechanisms at district, town and village levels and submit report with 7 days about the same. It has also issued directive to carry out rescue operations at devastated infrastructures and of people buried under landslides immediately and submit report of the same. BITE... Its directive includes taking action on people involved in black marketing and creating artificial shortage during a hectic situation created by the massive earthquake. It has also directed the government to take tough action on traders selling sub-quality and date expired food items. Amid ongoing rescue and relief works in the aftermath of the major earthquake, the Parliament has formed a monitoring committee under the convenorship of the House Speaker.