‘Earthquake did not recognise district boundaries, but govt did’

The earthquake that devastated Jajarkot and Rukum West on November 3 also affected the Darma Rural Municipality in Salyan district. Here, the quake destroyed over 1,000 houses and displaced 6,318 people. The rural municipality now has the responsibility to provide relief to the earthquake victims and ensure they have some sort of a roof over their heads for the winter.

Nim Bahadur KC of CPN (Maoist Centre), currently serving his second term as the chairman of Darma Rural Municipality, says he will do everything he can to fulfil this responsibility and push post-quake recovery. He said this in the conversation he had with The Rising Nepal’s Salyan correspondent Pratik Ichchhuk Sharma. Excerpts: