Terai mothers raise aid to relieve pains of quake-affected in mountain
Gajuri (Dhading), May 9, Mothers in Terai have extended their helping hands to
relieve pains and plights of quake-affected people of mountainous and hilly
regions in Nepal.
House wives of
Siraha district have provided relief materials including salt, cooking oil,
beaten rice, potato, onion and clothes to help mountain people cope with
disaster-triggered troubles. Even the Terai people with nominal income have collected
relief aid for disaster-hit people as per their capacity, said Renu Karna, who
has come here with relief packets collected from Siraha district to aid the
needy.
"Who would
help mountain in crisis if not Terai? It is the home-grown culture of Nepal to
help each others in need", she added.
Mothers in Terai
have come forward from their homes to gather relief materials to give solace to
people in pain, said Central Member of Human Rights Defenders' Network Dev
Kumari Mahara. The Terai women had collected relief materials meant for
pregnant and lactating mothers.
Meanwhile, former
Minister Anil Jha while distributing relief to quake-hit people in Kebalpur VDC
of Dhading, said there should always persist mutual cooperation between Terai
and mountain people.
Private Sector to
take reconstruction bid
Federation of
Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) has expressed its interest
to work together with the government for reconstruction. The FNCCI team, which
has arrived in the district headquarters today, articulated its intent to be
the part of the reconstruction bid if the government comes up with a
private-sector friendly policy for the same.
A team comprising
FNCCI acting Chairperson Pashupati Murarka and former Chairperson Kush Kumar
Joshi, among others, held a meeting with district leaders of various political
partiers and entrepreneurs and pledged to assist for the construction of
quake-resistant structures in the district.
The meeting was
attended by Nepali Congress Dhading President Ram Nath Adhikari, CPN-UML
Chairperson Bhumi Tripathi, CPN-Maoist Chairperson Ram Bahadur Bhandari, former
Chairperson of District Development Committee Khem Lohani, among others. They
informed that the quake had devastated around 70,000 houses in the district and
an arrangement has to be made to provide food for 35,000 households in Dhading
alone.