Chief Minister’s emergency inspection after the Chame river is blocked: Efforts are on to open the river
Manang. The Chief Minister of Gandaki Province has made an on-site inspection in Chame of Manang to take stock of the situation in the affected areas and to safely open the gravel, big boulders and blocked rivers due to the disaster and floods and landslides in Manang.
In this connection, a special meeting
of the District Disaster Management Committee has also been held to resume the disrupted structures and to expedite rescue and relief works.
The meeting was attended by Gandaki Province Assembly member Munindra Jung Gurung, Manang Chief District Officer, Police Inspector, chiefs of security bodies and people’s representatives at local levels. The Chief Minister held extensive discussions with the people’s representatives of the local levels, the chiefs of the District Security Committee and the offices under the State regarding the condition of the affected people, the damage and the immediate works to be done.
Although water is flowing now, some houses are at high risk due to piled up gravel and large boulders, and concrete bridges are also buried.
Fuel has been ordered for dozers and excavators to be deployed to clear the blocked part of the river, and essential supplies such as drinking water and food have been arranged for the residents and rescue workers in the affected areas.
Efforts are being made to open the flow safely by using dozers and excavators as soon as it is light to make the work being done to open the river house and to reduce the risk more effectively.
The urgent works that can be done immediately with the resources and capacity of the local level and the provincial government will be forwarded immediately and coordination has been made with the federal government for big and long-term works that are not possible with the resources of the provinces.
Likewise, the first priority has been given to ease the daily life of the affected people, to resume the obstructed roads and infrastructures and to make necessary relief and rehabilitation in view of the approaching festivals. Continuous monitoring of the river flow and vulnerable areas is being carried out and local residents have been urged to adopt high alertness to save and protect the lives of citizens during the difficult situation of disaster.
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