KATHMANDU, July 6: Nepali Congress (NC) has demanded that people displaced by or at high risk of flood in settlements along the banks of the Bhotekoshi River in Sindhupalchok district should be relocated to safer areas.
In a statement undersigned by chief secretary of NC's Kathmandu party office Krishna Prasad Poudel, the NC has also demanded appropriate compensation to those whose houses were swept away by a flooding on Tuesday night. The NC also expressed sorrow over the incident.
The swollen river had washed away 15 houses and blocked Barhabise-Tatopani road. RSS
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