The irate groups have said that they have resorted to protests after the government paid no heed to their demands. The displaced families had blocked a bridge connecting the border between Nepal and India for almost two hours before they headed to the district headquarters where they padlocked the government offices including District Election Office, Darchula. [break]
Demonstrators including Man Bahadur and Lok Mani Thagunna were seriously injured in the clash with police, said secretary of Victims Struggle Committee Raghubir Thagunna. “Even the police did not understand our woes and attempted to suppress our peaceful demands instead.
Even three months after we were rendered homeless by the flood, the government has not provided us with due compensation, except 37,000 rupees, few kilos of rice and pulses, said a victim.
The June -17 flood had destroyed as many as 48 concrete houses including government-owned buildings, and displaced scores in Darchula.
The problem of the Darchula flood victims should be addressed from the central level itself, said Darchula Chief District Officer Krishna Bahadur Katwal.
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