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Sikkim volunteers distribute Relief items to flood vicitms

 Kathmandu, Sept. 3

The Sikkim-Nepal Relief Volunteer Team is distributing relief materials in Nuwakot to support people affected by the Bhotekoshi flood.

A 35-member relief and volunteer team from Sikkim, formed with the support of Sikkim Chief Minister PS Golay, reached Nuwakot on Thursday. The team is scheduled to distribute essential items, including medicines, food, solar lamps, tarpaulins, mattresses and sleeping bags, to flood-affected families, it informed in a statement.

Sonam Norgey Lachumpa, who leads the team, said the relief campaign was organised to provide immediate necessities to families affected by the disaster.

The relief campaign was coordinated by Minister for Innovation and Science and Technology Mahabir Pun, Nepali Congress federal lawmaker Sandip Rana and young entrepreneur Tika Bhandari. Hari Krishna Dahal, founding president of the Lions Club of Ranjana Brothers, coordinated the local arrangements for the relief team.

Lachumpa said that, following the example of former Sikkim chief ministers Manik Kumar Subba and Nar Bahadur Bhandari, who showed concern for Nepalis living in different parts of India, current CM Tamang has been playing a supportive role for Nepalis living across India.

He said Golay is expected to visit Nepal in the near future with additional relief assistance.

Published in The Rising Nepal on 4 September 2026.   

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