Parliamentary Committee Proposes Action Plan for Disaster Victims

Kathmandu. A parliamentary special committee formed to study the impact of climate change on the Himalayas and the Bhote Koshi-Trishuli disaster has made public a short-term action plan for the rescue, relief, and rehabilitation of disaster-affected people.

The suggestions, based on four main pillars to further systematize disaster management, were prepared at a meeting of the committee held at Singh Durbar on Friday. Committee Secretary Dr. Rojnath Pandey informed that suggestions including implementing a one-door system for relief distribution, direct payment to victims' bank accounts, and issuing an ordinance to resolve legal complexities for families of the missing will be presented to the government.