KATHMANDU: Twenty-five among those killed in cyclone-hit disaster in Bara and Parsa districts have been identified.
According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, the deceased are as follows:
1. Hari Narayan Das
2. Manoram Devi
3. Runi Devi
4. Akshya Lal Majhi
5. Nanda Patel
6. Rubi Khatun
7. Gandhima Devi
8. Hit Lal Sahani
9. Bibima Khatun
10. Mustakima Khatun
11. Mina Khatun
12. Noksara Miya
13. Ram Majhi
14. Surajha Majhi
15. Rakesh Mukhiya
16. Abadhesa Paswan
17. Radhe Lodhi
18. Tarifa Khatun
19. Alisha Khatun
20. Sakiya Khatun
21. Samsidha Khatun
22. Koiri Devi
23. Shi Prasad Yadav
24. Sabanam Khatun
25. Saroj Ram
However, the local administration said that 32 have been killed. Four among those killed are Indian nationals.
The unprecedented violent storm struck Bara and Parsa districts yesterday evening, leaving 32 people dead and over 500 injured. Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has left for the incident site to take stock of the storm-induced mayhem and expressed deep sorrow over the victims.
An emergency cabinet meeting of the Province 2 held this morning decided to provide Rs 300,000 in relief to each family of the deceased and formed a five-member high level relief and rescue committee led by Minister for Internal Affairs and Law Gyanendra Sah in response to the calamity.
Chief Minister Lal Babu Raut inspected the disaster-hit sites and expressed deep sorrow over the deaths and property damages.
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