The NHRC monitoring teams deployed in three district have found that the earthquake victims sheltering in accessible places on road side have received the relief materials the most.
The monitoring team led by Commissioner Prakash Osti in field monitoring in Sindhupalchok, Dolakha and Kavrepalanchok has arrived at the conclusion that the victims of massive earthquake haven’t received the relief due to the lack of coordination among the state bodies, political parties and civil society.
The Commission has found that more unnecessary relief materials than needed in local level have been sent to the earthquake affected areas. The Commission has also sensed he obstacles created in the relief distribution due to visits of unnecessary monitoring team and the officials in the earthquake hit districts.
The earthquake victims in the districts have come up with the grievances that the relief materials have been received most by the landlord rather than the tenants suffering from the ordeal of the disaster.
Meanwhile, the Commission has drawn the attention of the concerned authorities towards the possible outbreak of epidemics due to the deteriorating environment caused from the smell of the carcass of the unmanaged dead bodies of the domestic animals and birds in the earthquake affected areas.
Similarly, the Commission has also drawn the conclusion to adopt due alertness in time towards the harsh conditions in the form of adversity which would possibly be caused from soil erosion, flood and landslide in rainy season due to the multiple cracks seen in mountain areas and roads following the massive earthquake.
The Monitoring teams have found that the very much necessary tarpaulin for sheltering the earthquake victims have been distributed in very minimum numbers. The Commission has drawn the attention of the government towards distributing very much needed zinc sheets and relief materials rather than tarpaulin.
Meanwhile, the monitoring team led by Commissioner Sudip Pathak has reached Dhading and Barpak of Gorkha district. Likewise, another team led by Govinda Sharma Paudyal has reached Ramechhap,
Okhaldhunga and Solukhombu for field monitoring on May 8, 2015.
Earlier, the Commission has accomplished the monitoring activities in Kathmandu , Bhaktapur and Lalitpur districts. The Commission has decided to deploy the monitoring teams in other earthquake affected districts.
Bed Prasad Bhattarai
Acting Secretary
