KATHMANDU, Sept 4: The Ministry of Land Management, Cooperatives, and Poverty Alleviation has formed a committee to identify suitable land for the safe resettlement and temporary accommodation of families affected and displaced by floods in the Rasuwa-Bhotekoshi area.
The committee has been formed under the coordination of Prakash Joshi, director general of the Department of Survey. Representatives from the Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration and the Ministry of Infrastructure, a director from the Department of Land Management and Archives, assistant chief district officers of the concerned districts, chief administrative officers of the concerned local levels, district coordination officers, representatives from district police offices and the Armed Police Force, and chiefs of land administration and survey offices are members of the committee. Undersecretary Damodar Wagle has been designated as the member-secretary.
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According to the ministry, the committee has been tasked with identifying the actual details of families whose houses and land were damaged by the floods and who were displaced, those for whom continuing to live in their existing locations is unsafe, and those who remain in affected areas despite the risks.
The committee will submit a report to the ministry with clear recommendations covering the identification of affected families, selection of land required for their resettlement, field studies, preliminary disaster risk assessments and the legal procedures required for temporary accommodation.
The committee will collect and verify details of flood-affected families in coordination with the concerned local levels. Land required for resettlement will be identified with the support of the respective local levels, district land administration offices and survey offices.
The ministry said field studies will be conducted on the identified land, followed by preliminary disaster risk assessments with the assistance of relevant experts. The committee will also assess the geographical conditions of the land, risks of floods and landslides, suitability for settlement and the availability of necessary infrastructure.
