State government committed to relocate landslide victims: CM Poudel

Kathmandu - Chief Minister of Bagmati State, Dormani Poudel, has said that the state government was committed to rehabilitate the landslide victims of Sidhupalchowk district. Chief Minister Poudel said so during a discussion held among stakeholders for disaster management organized at coordination of Speaker of the House of Representatives, Agni Prasad Sapkota, at Singha Durbar, according to the Secretariat of CM Poudel.

On the occasion, CM Poudel said that he visited landslide-hit Lidi of Jugal rural municipality-2 and situation of this area is very painful. Saying there was no alternative to shift the settlement of the area to safer place, he clarified that coordination and collaboration of federal government and local government along with state government was necessary for the same, said Anup Poudel, Chief Personal Secretary of CM Poudel.

The Chief Minister shared that it was necessary to pay attention in arrangement of employment in course relocating the settlement. Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa, Finance Minister Yubraj Khatiwada, Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Basanta Kumar Nembang, Minister for Industry, Tourism, Forest and Environment of Bagmati State government, Arun Nepal, among others were present on the occasion held on Sunday.