Kathmandu,
Aug. 22: The Development Committee of the Legislature-Parliament Tuesday
directed the government and concerned agencies to forge efficient collaboration
among them to reconstruct the infrastructure damaged by the floods and
landslides and resume public services.
“Floods
damaged roads, bridges and other public infrastructure as well as private
houses causing inconveniences to the people. As the local elections in Province
2 are scheduled for September 18 and major festivals are approaching soon, the
government must make sure that all the damaged infrastructures are rebuilt and
government services are resumed efficiently,” Committee Chairman Rabindra
Adhikarisaid.
The
Committee directed the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport
(MoPIT), Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA), the Department of Local
Infrastructure Development and Agricultural Roads (DoLIDAR), the Department of
Irrigation, Department of Water Induced Disaster Management and the Department of Roads to forge collaboration
and rehabilitate the damaged infrastructure immediately.
It also
asked the government and the line ministries to develop alternative
infrastructure in case the reconstruction of the damaged structureswasimpossible
for the time being.
Adhikari
said that the Ministry of Finance was directed to provide sufficient budget for
the reconstruction of the damaged roads and other infrastructures.
“Since
the country is prone to disasters like floods and landslides during the
monsoon, the government should develop long-term policies to control the
damages from floods and landsidesand minimize the loss of lives and property,”
reads the decision of the Committee.
According
to Adhikari, the government, MoPIT and MoHA were directed to submit a report on
the loss caused by the floods and an integrated action plan on reconstruction
of the flood-damaged structures.
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