Parliamentary sub- Committee suggests to relocate 60 settlements of Sindhupalchowk immediately

To avoid the high risk of landslides in more than 60 settlements in 18 VDCs of Sindhupalchowk, the Parliamentary sub- Committee has put forth its suggestion to relocate these settlements. In course of submitting its report today, the sub-Committee under the Parliament's Natural Disaster Management, Monitoring and Directing Committee, suggested to shift more than 60 settlements to safer places within mid- June. The sub-Committee said that in terms of loss of lives and property and daily life of people, the situation in Sindhupalchowk is extremely more pathetic than what is being portrayed in the media. Upon completion of its inspection in all three constituencies of Sindhupalchowk, the Parliamentary sub- Committee has deemed 99 per cent of the houses in the district uninhabitable, and suggested to install three centres to intensify works of relief and construction of temporary shelters, according to Coordinator of the sub- Committee Rekha Sharma. BITE... Sindhupalchowk suffered the maximum number of human casualties standing at 3,426 from the massive earthquake of April 25 and the aftershocks that followed. Also submitting reports to the Parliamentary Committee today were other sub- Committees which had conducted on-site inspections in Dhading, Sindhuli and Okhaldhunga. Citing the growing apprehension among people with the approaching monsoon season in these places, the sub- Committees have suggested the government to provide temporary shelters to people in these districts immediately. The Committee, on May 15, had formed 14 sub-Committees of four parliamentarians each to prepare reports and come up with suggestions after conducting on-site observations in the districts worst affected by the devastating earthquake.