According to Acting Chief District Officer Dipendra Paudel, DDRC has decided to transport relief materials to those locations where the shelters were blown away. The relief support will be arranged in coordination with the Red Cross and other organizations, he said.Hundreds of earthquake victims in the northern parts of Gorkha district who had been living under temporary shelters, have once become homeless by the winds. Some are taking shelter in a cave.
The quake victims from Keraunja, Uhiya, Kasigaun, Manbu, Thumi, Barpak, Laprak and Gumda among other villages are the most affected by the winds.
"Due to dusts and storm that start from 7 am to 11 am, the visibility gets poor," Amrit Ghale, a local said.
"Most of tarpaulins and corrugated zinc sheets have been blown away. Fearing injury from flying zinc sheets, wood planks and masonry, all the villagers are taking shelter in a cave."
The weather in northern parts of Gorkha remained hazy throughout Tuesday, according to locals.
"There are no roofs left over our school classrooms," Sundar Khanal, principal of Kerauja Secondary School, said. He added that locals have been left with nothing and now they have been using the cave and open space for shelter.
SP Janraj Pandey at District Police Office (DPO) Gorkha informed that police have already been deployed to assess the damage in those villages of the district. The actual damage caused by the storm has yet to be ascertained. Such delay in finding out the actual damage is due to geographical complexities. As the VDC secretaries are also in the district headquarters, it has caused delay in assessing the damage.
A team of police have been mobilized in the hardest hit areas in the district, according to Chief District Officer (CDO) Narayan Prasad Bhatta. "We've deployed our team. We're receiving information about the damage caused by the storms," CDO Bhatta said. As per the damage assessment, the DDRC will carry out rescue and relief efforts, he informed.
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