Kathmandu, Oct. 13
The Thamel-based Nepal Night-time Entertainment Association has provided food supplies and cash assistance to people affected by the Bhotekoshi floods.
The association provided cash assistance of
Rs. 500,551 and food supplies to people who were displaced by the floods in
Rasuwa on August 26 and have been staying at Mustang Gumba in Swayambhu,
Kathmandu.
President of the association Rupesh Gurung
handed over the cash and food supplies to Kippa Nagarkoti, acting ward
chairperson of Gosainkunda Rural Municipality–2 in Rasuwa, on Monday evening.
More than 300 people from 155 families in Rasuwa are currently taking shelter
at the monastery.
Gurung said the assistance was intended for
families whose homes, food supplies and daily essentials had been damaged by
the floods.
Coordinator Prakash Shrestha, said
flood-affected residents of Rasuwa and Nuwakot had received Rs. 500,000 in
cash, along with 12 sacks of rice, three sacks of lentils, one sack of beaten
rice, 30 cartons of instant noodles and sanitary pads for women.
The association said that supporting
disaster-affected communities was a social responsibility and hoped the
assistance would provide some relief to the affected families.
Published in The Rising Nepal on 14 October 2026.
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