KATHMANDU: Nepali Cine Artist Sitaram Kattel, who is popularly known as Dhurmus, and Journalist Rabi Lamichhane have distributed relief materials to cyclone-hit victims in Bara and Parsa districts.
Dhurmus-Suntali Foundation has distributed rice, tarpaulins and noodles. The relief materials were distributed to the windstorm victims in the hardest-hit Feta Rural Municipality in the presence of chairman Amirlal Prasad Sah, said the Foundation.
Earlier, Dhurmus had played a significant role in relief and rescue operations for the earthquake victims of 2015. He has already constructed Integrated Model Settlements in three different places for the quake victims. He is also currently engaged in the construction of International Cricket Ground.
Similarly, a team led by Journalist Rabi Lamichhane has distributed relief materials to Bara storm victims. He went to visit hospitals to know the condition of the injured and said in a Facebook status that he has some food stuffs in stock for few days.
Meanwhile, the government has directed the Home Ministry to intensify the relief distribution work. A cabinet meeting held on Monday directed the ministry to this effect. An emergency cabinet meeting of Province 2 also decided to provide Rs 300,000 to each family of the deceased and formed a five-member high level committee led by Minister for Internal Affairs and Law Gyanendra Yadav in response to the cyclone victims.
At lest 27 died and over 500 sustained critical injuries when a deadly cyclone hit Bara and Parsa districts on Sunday evening.
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