Nepal to ban resettlement in flood-hit areas, 33,000 likely affected
Officials said safer settlements have been scouted and families will receive housing grants and monthly support as search operations wind down.
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The head of Nepal's National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said that about 33,000 people affected by last month's devastating floods will have to be relocated to other areas instead of returning to their homes, Kyodo reported, BTA reported. Meanwhile, the country continues to deal with the consequences of the disaster, which damaged more than 7,500 residential buildings, with thousands of people still missing. Dharam Raj Upreti, …
Nepal to ban resettlement in flood-hit areas, 33,000 likely affected
Nepal's top disaster official said an estimated 33,000 people affected by last month's devastating flood will be required to resettle rather than returning home, as the South Asian nation grapples with the aftermath of the disaster that damaged over 7,500 buildings and has left thousands of people still missing.
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The Nepalese authorities decided to ban redevelopment in the areas most affected by the August floods, as reported to the Japanese agency Kyodo by Dharmaj Upreti, head of the National Directorate for Risk Reduction and Disaster Management.
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