Kathmandu
: President Ram Chandra Poudel has urged the government and concerned agencies to continue the search and rescue of the people disappeared due to natural disasters.
In his address to the nation on Monday, President Poudel said that the catastrophic floods along with the ice and rocks of the glacier had caused a huge loss of life and property. He expressed his confidence that the injured would recover quickly and the search and rescue operations of the disappeared would be successful at the earliest. President Poudel has appreciated the efforts of Nepal Army, Nepal Police, Armed Police Force, health workers, local people’s representatives, employees, volunteers and various organizations involved in the rescue operation. He said that difficult geographical conditions, damaged roads and unstable and dangerous conditions should not be used as reasons to stop the search and rescue of the disappeared people. “Difficult geographical conditions, damaged roads and unstable and risky conditions should not be a reason to obstruct or abandon the search and rescue of missing people,” President Poudel said. He also expressed sorrow over the foreign nationals who lost their lives in the disaster and pledged to cooperate with the governments and diplomatic missions of the concerned countries.
President Poudel stressed the need to ensure access to food, clean drinking water, safe shelter, medical treatment and psychosocial services for the rescued citizens. He said that special protection was needed for children, senior citizens, people with disabilities, pregnant women and other vulnerable people.
He also stressed on the need to identify the deceased with caution, sensitivity and responsibility. He said that the identification process should be made credible and systematic by keeping DNA samples and other records safe as per the requirement. President Poudel said that the people who have become homeless, displaced and those who have lost their relatives due to natural disasters need the support and trust of the state. “I urge the government and all concerned bodies to take the complaints and demands of the victims not as criticism but as an important signal for a solution,” he said. President Poudel said that the recent disaster has highlighted the fragile state of the Himalayan ecology and the risks posed by rising global temperatures. He called on the international community to take concrete steps to ensure climate justice for ecologically affected countries, including Nepal. He urged the political parties, people’s representatives, civil society, humanitarian organisations and the private sector, the business community and the general public to unite at this time of crisis. He said that the time ahead should be focused on reconstruction, rehabilitation and economic revival, and pointed out the need to rethink the development model.
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