A team lead by Joint Secretary Rameshwar Dangal, who is also the chief of the Disaster Management Department of the Ministry of Home Affairs, had visited the quake-hit areas in remote parts of Gorkha Sunday following an instruction from Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.
PM Oli had instructed the authorities to inspect the places following news reports that the quake victims of Barpak and Laprak villages were adversely affected due to extreme cold caused by the recent snowfalls.
The quake victims have been living under makeshift shelters in the local forest clearance.
The snowfall has compounded the woes of the already troubled earthquake victims in the northern parts of the district. The quake-affected people had to live in temporary shelters as the long pending tasks of reconstruction works could not begin.
According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, a medical team from the Nepal Army had flown to the affected areas and observed the health condition of the people.
"So far, none in the villages have become ill because of the cold," reads a statement issued by the ministry.
The ministry said that the government has already provided Rs 10,000 to the quake affected people and added that an NGO has already distributed cash to buy warm clothes. Five blankets, one quilt, mattresses, a tent and a solar lamp were distributed to each victim family.
The ministry also informed that the victims were provided with 150 kg of rice and 27 kg of lentils by the World Food Program.
There was no obstruction in road connectivity due to the snowfall and no scarcity of medicine and food, among other things, so far, the statement further reads.
Over 60,000 households are living under tents and other temporary shelters in Gorkha district. More than 15 members of a family have to squeeze under a single shelter in most cases.
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