Travel Safety

Dashain, the great festival of Nepalis, has already commenced but celebratory mood of many people has been dampened by a natural calamity that recently hammered different parts of the country. The unexpected disaster, triggered by incessant rainfall, floods and landslides, took 239 lives and injured 177 people, prompting the government to announce the national mourning for three days in the memory of the deceased. The destruction of highways, roads, bridges, private houses, land and other properties left hundreds of people high and dry. The state agencies were not prepared to tackle the natural disaster of this scale and now they are making every effort to effectively handle the post-disaster relief and rehabilitation works.