Rastriya Swatantra Party Expresses Grief Over Rolpa Landslide

Kathmandu. Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has expressed deep sorrow over the incident of a severe landslide in Kotlabang, Thawang Rural Municipality-5, Rolpa, due to continuous rainfall, which resulted in the death of 7 people and 5 missing. The party's General Secretary, Bipin Kumar Acharya, issued a statement on Thursday expressing grief over those who lost their lives prematurely in the disaster. Furthermore, RSP has drawn the government's serious attention to the effective search and rescue of the missing, wishing for the speedy recovery of the injured. 'We offer heartfelt condolences to those who lost their lives prematurely in this disaster and express deep sympathy to the bereaved families. We also draw the government's serious attention to the effective search operations for the missing, wishing for the speedy recovery of the injured,' the statement read. Similarly, RSP has urged all three levels of government – federal, provincial, and local – to make the disaster early warning system effective, identify and relocate vulnerable settlements to safer places, and play a coordinating role in arranging immediate rescue, relief, and free treatment in the affected areas.