Kathmandu, May 28: As many as two million people of 450,000 households are likely to be affected by this year’s monsoon.The 32nd meeting of the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Executive Committee, chaired by Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak, made this assessment on Wednesday.The meeting has also approved the Monsoon Preparedness and Response National Action Plan, 2082 BS, prepared by analysing all the related factors based on the data of the Department of Meteorology.
Spokesperson of the National Disaster Risk Response and Management Authority (NDRRMA), Ram Bahadur KC, told RSS that the action plan was charted out with an estimation that 10 per cent of the affected people might require rescue and relief.A committee led by the NDRRMA, with representatives from various stakeholder ministries and departments, has reported that this year’s monsoon disasters are estimated to affect approximately 457,145 households and a population of 1,997,731 across the country.
In the meeting, the Executive Chief of the NDRRMA and the Secretary of the Executive Committee, Dinesh Prasad Bhatta, presented a review of the decisions made at the 31st meeting of the Executive Committee and the monitoring report on the implementation status of the Emergency Warehouse Operation Procedure, 2081 BS (First Amendment), the National Strategic Action Plan for Disaster Risk Reduction (2018–2030), and the proposals including the management of the natural flow of the Bagmati river at Chobhar gorge.
NDRRMA spokesperson KC said the meeting approved the ‘Monsoon Preparedness and Response National Action Plan, 2082 BS’, which includes the forecast of this year’s monsoon, the estimated caseload affected by disasters, responsibilities of relevant ministries, departments, and bodies regarding disaster preparedness and response, the monsoon preparedness and response action plans of specific sectors and relevant bodies, the necessary contact details for preparedness and response, an inventory of materials, and the details of skilled human resources to respond to the disasters.
KC further informed that the proposed action plan has put forth the actions, including monthly monitoring, evaluation and review of the disaster.
According to the monsoon forecasts unveiled by the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, there would be extreme rainfall with lower minimum and higher maximum temperatures.Based on the forecasts, the NDRRMA has prepared the disaster response national action plan, considering recommendations of the stakeholders and organisations. (RSS)
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